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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
850 AM PDT SAT MAY 27 2023
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...
MERCED RIVER AT POHONO BRIDGE AFFECTING MARIPOSA COUNTY.
.RAPID MOUNTAIN SNOW MELT WILL CAUSE THE RIVER FLOWS TO REMAIN HIGH.
FOR THE MERCED RIVER...INCLUDING POHONO BRIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SUNDAY MORNING AT 900 AM PDT.
CAC043-281600-
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/POHC1.1.SM.230528T0700Z.230528T1000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
850 AM PDT SAT MAY 27 2023
...FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MERCED RIVER AT POHONO BRIDGE.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, WESTERN PORTION OF NORTH PINES CAMPGROUND
LOCATED AT THE EAST END OF YOSEMITE VALLEY BETWEEN THE CONFLUENCE
OF THE MERCED RIVER AND TENAYA CREEK BEGINS TO FLOOD. WATER RISES
TO THE BASE OF THE SWINGING BRIDGE DOWNSTREAM FROM CHAPEL MEADOW.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM PDT SATURDAY, THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF
10.2 FEET LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
10.2 FEET ON 06/09/1978.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LOCATION FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (9 AM PDT)
-------- STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE
MERCED RIVER
POHONO BRIDGE 10.0 9.6 SAT 8 AM PDT 9.9 9.7 9.7
LAT...LON 3776 11975 3780 11960 3769 11958 3761 11968
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