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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

1220 AM PST WED DEC 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLOVIS...



* UNTIL 315 AM PST



* AT 1210 AM PST...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVER THE 

  CITY OF FRESNO AND INTO CLOVIS



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FANCHER

  CREEK RAWS



FRESNO COUNTY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SEVERAL HOUSES FLOODED AROUND 

THE FIG GARDEN AREA AND WATER OVER THE ROADWAY FROM SHAW AVE TO 

SHIELDS AVE ALONG HIGHWAY 168 IN FRESNO. SEVERAL OTHER REPORTS OF 

FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS FRESNO AND INTO THE CLOVIS AREA. 



DRAINS FILLED WITH LEAVES IN CONJUNCTION WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS 

CONTRIBUTING TO STREET FLOODING AND IS RUNNING OVER THE CURBS INTO 

HOMES. 



THE AREA OF RAIN IS REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY AND IS PRODUCING 

RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOURS OR THE SAME AREA OVER 

THE PAST TWO HOURS. 



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.

HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS

IMMEDIATELY.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3685 11977 3698 11936 3679 11926 3671 11968

TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 180DEG 0KT 3684 11956



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