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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

417 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

  NORTH CENTRAL TULARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 715 PM PDT



* AT 411 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM THE LAKE WISHON 

  AREA SOUTHWARD INTO KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK...FROM GRANT GROVE 

  TO GIANT FOREST TO NEAR LODGEPOLE. THE LINE WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

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

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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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