ESANBUL (03/28/98 1127)
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AFOS product from: TTAA00 KFAT 281926
CAZ021-290015-
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1124 AM PST SAT MAR 28 1998
...FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN TULARE COUNTY AND WESTERN KERN COUNTY
UNTIL 4 PM...
RAIN THE FELL OVER TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES FRIDAY NIGHT AS
WELL AS SHOWERS WHICH CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE SOUTHERN SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE FOOTHILLS TODAY HAS BEGUN TO CAUSE FLOODING
ON SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS. TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT A
LEVEE HAS BROKEN ON THE WHITE RIVER...FLOODING PARTS OF EARLIMART.
OTHER STREAMS NEAR PORTERVILLE AND LINDSEY ARE ALSO RUNNING
NEAR BANKFUL. IN KERN COUNTY...FLOODING WAS BEGINNING ALONG THE
CALIENTE CREEK IN LAMONT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ALONG ALL OF
THE CREEKS RUNNING OUT OF THE FOOTHILLS INTO THE VALLEY PORTION OF
TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES.
MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
UNDERPASSES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. ON FOOT...NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE.
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