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WGUS86 KHNX 040125  
FLSHNX  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA  
525 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2026  
 
CAC047-040300-  
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MERCED CA-  
525 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2026  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTY, MERCED.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 700 PM PST.  
 
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  
PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS  
IMMINENT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 525 PM PST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO  
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS  
FALLEN.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED  
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR  
FLOODING.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
ATWATER, LIVINGSTON, DELHI, WINTON, HILMAR-IRWIN, BALLICO AND  
SAN LUIS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
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 3707 12092 3745 12087 3757 12055 3718 12061  
 
 
 
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