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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA - HANFORD CA

545 PM PDT SUN JUL 24 2005



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KERN CA-

545 PM PDT SUN JUL 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM PDT FOR 

EASTERN KERN COUNTY...



AT 540 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 

CALIFORNIA CITY TO MOJAVE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING

SOUTH AT ABOUT 5 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CITIES OF BORON AND

ROSAMOND BY 615 PM PDT. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE

THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO

2.5 INCHES PER HOUR. 



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

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

PERSONS 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. 

RUNOFF FROM THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO RESULT IN RAPID RISES IN CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AT DISTANCES NOT CLOSE TO THE STORM ITSELF. MOTORISTS

SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER AND MUD

FLOWS. 



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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