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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

1203 PM PDT WED JUL 16 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...

  SOUTHEASTERN TULARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...



* UNTIL 600 PM PDT



* AT NOON PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS THE KELSO 

CREEK...THE SOUTH FORK OF THE KERN RIVER...AND THE WALKER PASS AND 

PIUTE MOUNTAIN AREAS.



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 3594 11801 3552 11800 3535 11856 3543 11861

      3559 11857 3596 11847



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