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WGUS76 KHNX 251839
FFSHNX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
1039 AM PST THU DEC 25 2025
CAC019-252330-
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FRESNO CA-
1039 AM PST THU DEC 25 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BASIN AND GARNET BURN SCAR REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN FRESNO
COUNTY...
AT 1039 AM PST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE BASIN
AND GARNET BURN SCAR. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1 INCH IN
1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY, WITH
THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO THE BURN AREA SOON.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE BASIN AND GARNET BURN
SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE BASIN AND GARNET BURN SCAR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BALCH POWER HOUSE AND FENCE MEADOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
DITCHES IN THE BASIN AND GARNET BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN
ALSO BE ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED
AWAY IN PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3704 11911 3704 11909 3702 11908 3700 11904
3698 11900 3696 11896 3691 11897 3690 11900
3687 11898 3685 11898 3685 11913 3688 11916
3687 11921 3688 11922 3693 11917 3698 11919
3700 11919 3701 11918 3703 11918 3705 11915
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
JM
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