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WGUS76 KHNX 130111

FFSHNX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

609 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2008



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KERN CA-

609 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM PDT FOR

CENTRAL KERN COUNTY...



AT 600 PM PDT...FIRE FIGHTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOFFORD

HEIGHTS...WALKER PASS...RIVERKERN...MOUNTAIN MESA...LAKE ISABELLA AND

KERNVILLE



ERSKINE CREEK WAS FLOODING FROM SOUTHWEST OF LAKE ISABELLA TO LAKE 

ISABELLA. 



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



LAT...LON 3578 11802 3536 11803 3532 11854 3578 11855



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