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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

512 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...





* UNTIL 645 PM PDT



* AT 507 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  RIDGECREST...INYOKERN...PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 178...RED ROCK 

  RANDSBURG ROAD...AND HIGHWAY 14 IN THE VICINITY OF RED ROCK CANYON

  RECREATIONAL AREA.



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 3547 11802 3579 11785 3579 11769 3566 11767

      3558 11763



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