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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

457 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2008



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KERN CA-

457 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM PDT FOR

CENTRAL KERN COUNTY...



AT 450 PM PDT...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN 

OBSERVED ON THE THOMPSON CREEK...AND OTHER CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY 

HAVE RAPID RISES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3558 11862 3559 11830 3533 11832 3532 11863



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