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

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

  PAJARO RIVER AT CHITTENDEN AFFECTING MONTEREY, SAN BENITO, SANTA 
  CRUZ AND SANTA CLARA COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON BY 5 PM PDT.

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935 AM PDT TUE MAR 14 2023

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

* WHAT...IN COORDINATION WITH THE PAJARO REGIONAL FLOOD MANAGEMENT 
  AGENCY AS WELL AS MONTEREY AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES FLOODING IS 
  EXPECTED BELOW THE OFFICIAL FLOOD STAGE ALONG THE MONTEREY COUNTY 
  PORTION OF THE PAJARO RIVER DUE TO OBSERVED IMPACTS FROM THE 
  JANUARY FLOOD EVENT.

* WHERE...PAJARO RIVER AT CHITTENDEN.

* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

* IMPACTS...AT 27.5 FEET, WATER MAY BEGIN SEEPING UNDER MUSCLE WALL 
  ALONG THE MONTEREY COUNTY PORTION OF THE LEVEES.
  ...AT 28 FEET, LEVEE ALONG THE MONTEREY COUNTY PORTION OF THE 
  PAJARO MAY OVERTOP.
  ...AT 29.5 FEET, PARTS OF STATE HIGHWAY 129 BETWEEN US HIGHWAY 101 
  AND WATSONVILLE WILL FLOOD. THE ENTIRE PAJARO RIVER WILL HAVE 
  MODERATE BANK EROSION AND SEDIMENT DEPOSITION.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - AT 8:30 AM PDT TUESDAY, MARCH 14 THE STAGE WAS 18.7 FEET.
  - FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN RISING AGAIN IN THE
    NEXT FEW HOURS. THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE
    WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CREST AROUND 25.5 FEET WEDNESDAY. THE
    BULK OF THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER
    SHIFTED SOUTH OVERNIGHT AND RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANTLY LESS
    PRECIPITATION IN THE PAJARO WATERSHED.
  - FLOOD STAGE IS 32.0 FEET.
    MONITOR STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
  - HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD

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LAT...LON 3690 12185 3694 12171 3690 12160 3689 12160
      3688 12171 3684 12180


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