FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
315 AM PDT TUE APR 11 2006
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR THE NORTH BAY AS WELL AS SAN MATEO COUNTY AND THE
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS..
...
* A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THIS
SYSTEM HAS PLENTY OF MOISTURE ENTRAINED INTO IT. RAINFALL TOTALS
UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE NORTH BAY AND UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE SANTA
CRUZ MOUNTAINS AND THE COASTAL HILLS OF SAN MATEO COUNTY ARE
EXPECTED BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* WITH THE SOILS STILL VERY WET...THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES FALLING
AND MUDSLIDES OR DEBRIS FLOWS IS VERY REAL...PARTICULARLY IN
HILLY AREAS WHERE HEAVIER RAIN FALLS. ALSO...THE POTENTIAL FOR
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND SMALLER STREAMS WILL HAVE TO
BE WATCHED.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wfo=mtr&pil=XXXFFAMTR&zone=caz509&productType=Flood%20Watch"
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