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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

903 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT



* AT 857 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF ORANGE COVE...

  OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF CLOVIS. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH

  FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BALCH

  POWER HOUSE...FENCE MEADOW RAWS AND TRIMMER RAWS.



RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN JUST IN THE LAST 1 TO 2 HOURS 

FROM THIS STORM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3658 11942 3701 11939 3707 11906 3665 11908

      3665 11930 3657 11930

TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 142DEG 3KT 3671 11929



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