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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

635 PM PDT MON OCT 17 2005



CAC029-180330-

KERN CA-

635 PM PDT MON OCT 17 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM PDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL KERN COUNTY...AND INCLUDES THE FRAZIER PARK AREA AS WELL AS

THE GRAPEVINE NEAR LEBEC. 



AT 617 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED DEBRIS FLOWS

ALONG INTERSTATE 5 NEAR LEBEC.  EVACUATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN FRAZIER 

PARK WHERE WATER IS NEARLY 4 FEET DEEP IN PLACES. SEVERAL ROADS ARE

FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. ALL NORTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 5 REMAIN

CLOSED THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL RISES LIKELY

ALONG AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH 800 PM THIS EVENING. 



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 3482 11903 3481 11882 3499 11884 3498 11904



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