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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

157 AM PST WED NOV 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PIUTE BURN AREA OF CENTRAL KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...



* UNTIL 745 AM PST



* AT 128 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PIUTE MOUNTAINS OF KERN COUNTY. AUTOMATED RAIN 

  GAUGES AT  CLARAVILLE AND LANDERS MEADOW INDICATED RAINFALL RATES 

  EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH PER HOUR AND NATIONAL WEATHER 

  SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT EVEN HEAVIER RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE 

  PIUTE MOUNTAIN BURN AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



* THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PIUTE BURN AREA AND 

  ITS ASSOCIATED DRAINAGES THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. 



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...

ERSKINE CREEK...DRY MEADOW...KELSO CREEK...PINYON CREEK...BODFISH

CREEK. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3559 11843 3555 11816 3537 11816 3537 11838



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