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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

305 PM PDT MON JUL 14 2008



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KERN CA-TULARE CA-

305 PM PDT MON JUL 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM PDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN TULARE AND EASTERN KERN COUNTIES...



AT 258 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY 

DOWNPOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS DRIFTING TO THE 

SOUTH AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOFFORD

HEIGHTS...UHL...RIVERKERN...PIUTES...PASCOES...ROSAMOND...

GLENNVILLE...DEMOCRAT...BRECKENRIDGE MTN...LAKE 

ISABELLA...KERNVILLE...TEHACHAPI...JAWBONE AND JOHNSONDALE. 



DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS IN 

THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 



WILDFIRE BURN AREAS WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH 

FLOODING...SUCH AS NEAR PIUTES...CREATING MUD AND DEBRIS FLOW. IF 

YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF FLOOD WATERS SEEK SHELTER NOW



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 3609 11865 3601 11822 3534 11792 3485 11810

      3486 11833 3482 11864 3595 11874



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