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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
220 PM PDT WED JUL 24 2024
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MADERA CA-MARIPOSA CA-TUOLUMNE CA-
220 PM PDT WED JUL 24 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON
..REPLACES FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, MADERA AND MARIPOSA. IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, TUOLUMNE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 415 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 220 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VOGELSANG HIGH SIERRA CAMP, MERCED LAKE RANGER STATION,
MERCED LAKE HIGH SIERRA CAMP AND DANA MEADOWS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS, STREAMS, AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES, EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
LAT...LON 3793 11928 3793 11927 3793 11926 3791 11926
3790 11921 3789 11920 3787 11921 3785 11922
3784 11920 3782 11922 3780 11920 3774 11927
3772 11926 3773 11925 3771 11922 3774 11920
3774 11916 3766 11919 3768 11940 3775 11945
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