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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

443 PM PDT FRI AUG 13 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 745 PM PDT



* AT 434 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 14 NEAR 

JAWBONE CANYON ...OR  ABOUT 38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIDGECREST. THE 

STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THIS AREA.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER THE JAWBONE 

CANYON...RED ROCK CANYON AND EL PASO MOUNTAINS AREAS.



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.



LAT...LON 3534 11805 3511 11815 3515 11784 3531 11777



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