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WGUS76 KHNX 152254

FFSHNX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

347 PM PDT TUE JUL 15 2008



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KERN CA-

347 PM PDT TUE JUL 15 2008



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

EASTERN KERN COUNTY...



AT 336 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.  THE STORMS 

WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST OF PIUTE TO OVER THE WALKER PASS...AND 

WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



THE REGIONAL OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTED FLOODING OF 

THOMPSON CANYON ROAD. RAIN FROM THE THUNDERSTORM OVER WALKER PASS 

COULD CAUSE RUNOFF OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA INTO THE 

JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 14 AND 178...AND INTO THE KELSO CANYON.



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.



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.



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

      3577 11853 3579 11806 3571 11783



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