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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

217 PM PDT TUE JUL 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...



* UNTIL 815 PM PDT



* AT 157 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING 31 MILES NORTHEAST OF 

  TEHACHAPI...OR 27 MILES WEST OF RIDGECREST...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 

  MPH.



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

  PIUTES...JAWBONE CANYON...MOJAVE...WATER CANYON...WOFFORD

  HEIGHTS...UHL...RIVERKERN...PASCOES...GLENNVILLE...KERNVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA. WILDFIRE BURN AREAS WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH 

FLOODING. RENEWED MUD AND DEBRIS FLOW WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 3 

HOURS IN THE LAKE ISABELLA AREA...AND POSSIBLY AFFECTING HIGHWAYS 

178...58...AND 14. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF FLOOD WATERS SEEK 

SHELTER NOW



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.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3542 11793 3517 11801 3499 11813 3510 11860

      3577 11853 3579 11806 3571 11783



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