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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

540 PM PDT FRI AUG 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 900 PM PDT



* AT 540 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN IN THE VICINITY OF TEHACHAPI. RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH

  AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT IN THE PAST

  ONE TO TWO HOURS. SPOTTER REPORTS...COMBINED WITH DOPPLER RADAR AND 

  AUTOMATED PRECIPITATION GAGES...INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH

  PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN THE CALIENTE CREEK WATERSHED.

 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS 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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

HANFORD CA.



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