956  
WGUS46 KHNX 171614  
FLWHNX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA  
914 AM PDT SAT JUN 17 2023  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...  
 
MERCED RIVER AT HAPPY ISLES AFFECTING MARIPOSA COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE MERCED RIVER...INCLUDING HAPPY ISLES, POHONO BRIDGE...MINOR  
FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,  
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1000 PM PDT.  
 

 
 
CAC043-180500-  
/O.NEW.KHNX.FL.W.0016.230618T0900Z-230619T0600Z/  
/HPIC1.1.ER.230618T0900Z.230618T0900Z.230618T1200Z.UU/  
914 AM PDT SAT JUN 17 2023  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE TOMORROW  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MERCED RIVER AT HAPPY ISLES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE TOMORROW EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, CAMPGROUNDS AT NORTH PINES AND HOUSEKEEPING  
CAMP BEGIN TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:30 AM PDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.0  
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3780 11960 3781 11951 3771 11949 3769 11958  
 

 
 
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