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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

522 PM PDT FRI AUG 13 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KERN COUNTY REMAINS IN

EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM PDT...



RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING OVER THE EL PASO MOUNTAINS, THE

CANTIL AREA AND AREAS JUST NORTH OF CALIFORNIA CITY. EDWARDS DOPPLER

RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO .80 OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST

HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA AS WELL. THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY EAST.



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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