[EDIS] flood advisory - nws san joaquin valley ca

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FLOOD ADVISORY - NWS SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FRESNO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRESNO...
NORTHWESTERN KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
KINGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HANFORD...
SOUTHWESTERN MADERA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MADERA...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MARIPOSA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
MERCED COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MERCED...ATWATER...
SOUTHWESTERN TULARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TULARE...
* UNTIL 500 PM PST WEDNESDAY
* AT 907 AM PST RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
MOVING INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY FROM THE WEST. LOCAL ROADWAY
FLOODING HAS ALREADY COMMENCED IN COALINGA AREA AND DUE TO RECENT
HEAVY RAINS AND SATURATED SOIL, ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR
TODAY. LOW LYING INTERSECTIONS AND ROADWAYS WILL EXPERIENCE
FLOODING FIRST, THEN SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND WASHES WILL BEGIN
TO SEE RISES. DUE TO THE WIDESPREAD NATURE OF THE INCOMING RAIN
AREA, MOST OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IS INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY.
* IF RAINFALL RATES BECOME EXCESSIVE, FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

Area: /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

Category: Met
Event: FLOOD ADVISORY
Sender: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
Expires: 2010-01-20T17:00:00-08:00
Urgency: Future
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
See http://edis.oes.ca.gov/255914.xml
Sent: 2010-01-20T09:15:08-08:00
Status: Actual
Message Type: Alert
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