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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
8 AM PST MON DEC 11 1995
...Discontinuance of USGS Bay Area Landslide Warning System...
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently discontinued the Bay Area Landslide
Warning System due to Federal budgetary cutbacks. However...the National
Weather Service will continue to provide information on potential and
impending flash flood events as well as other weather events.
Previously, when conditions for soil moisture content and geologic factors
met established criteria, USGS scientists would declare a warning or watch
for a possible landslide or debris flow. As a cooperating agency, the
National Weather Service would disseminate the USGS warnings to the public on
NOAA Weather Radio, NOAA Weather Wire Service, and the NWS Family of
Services, a system used to disseminate NWS information to the private sector.
If you have questions about the elimination of the Bay Area Landslide
Warnings stem, please contact Robert Fleming, USGS Landslide Program in
Boulder, Colorado (303)-273-8603. If you have questions about NWS forecasts,
please call the NWS office in Monterey at (408-656-1710).
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