Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Issued

Dec 16, 2002, 3:24 AM PST (11:24 UTC)

Expired

Dec 16, 2002, 6:00 AM PST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Area

Whole counties

County Napa County, CA

The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS56 KMTR 161118
FFWMTR
CAZ065-161400-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
315 AM PST MON DEC 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NAPA COUNTY

* UNTIL 600 AM PST

* HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING ACROSS NAPA COUNTY FOR THE PAST THREE
HOURS. RAIN RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH
PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF NAPA...INCLUDING:

NAPA CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS
MOST STREETS IN THE CITY OF NAPA ARE UNDER WATER
THE BEHRENS STREET BRIDGE IS UNDER WATER
EVACUATIONS ARE OCCURRING ON BEHRENS STREET

THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING IN NAPA COUNTY
OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NAPA...INCLUDING:

FLOODING ON SAGE CANYON ROAD
FLOODING AT RUTHERFORD ROAD CROSSROADS
FLOODING AT YOUNTVILLE CROSSROADS
MOBILE HOME PARK IN YOUNTVILLE IS UNDER WATER.

VERY STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANYING THIS STORM IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE
ALSO CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES.

RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER THE MAIN
FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER THIS MORNING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA AND OBSERVE FLOODING...MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS
SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN
DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

$$

DYKEMA

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.