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WGUS86 KMTR 141024
FLSMTR

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
324 AM PDT TUE MAR 14 2023

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
CALIFORNIA...

  SALINAS RIVER NEAR BRADLEY AFFECTING MONTEREY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD 
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE 
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 330 PM PDT.

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324 AM PDT TUE MAR 14 2023

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...

* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS THE SALINAS RIVER SLOWLY 
  RECEDES. THE RIVER DROPPED BELOW MONITOR STAGE LATE MONDAY EVENING 
  BUT WILL ONCE AGAIN RISE INTO MONITOR STAGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 
  THE RIVER IS THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE TUESDAY 
  EVENING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 17.3 FEET WEDNESDAY 
  MORNING.

* WHERE...SALINAS RIVER NEAR BRADLEY.

* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

* IMPACTS...AT 14 FT, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
  ...AT 16 FT, MINOR FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IS EXPECTED. THE 
  LOWER PORTIONS OF THE SAN ARDO OIL FIELDS IS CLOSE TO FLOODING.
  ...AT 18 FT, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS AT THE SAN ARDO OIL FIELDS. 
  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OCCURS ALONG THE LOWEST PORTIONS OF TOWNS 
  FROM BRADLEY TO SOLEDAD. EROSION WILL CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO 
  AGRICULTURAL LAND. SOME SECONDARY ROADS FROM BRADLEY TO SOLEDAD 
  WILL FLOOD.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - AT 2:30 AM PDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET.
  - FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
    THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE RISING TO 17.3 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY
    MORNING.
  - FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
  - FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
    16.2 FEET ON 12/07/1966.
  - HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD

&&

LAT...LON 3647 12125 3616 12091 3579 12060 3579 12087
      3611 12111 3639 12141


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GASS