The National Weather Service has issued a: * Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for... Madera County in central California... western Tulare County in central California... Fresno County in central California... southwestern Tuolumne County in central California... southwestern Mariposa County in central California... Merced County in central California... western Kern County in central California... Kings County in central California... * until 800 am PST * at 440 am PST...Doppler radar indicated heavy rain that will cause Urban and Small Stream flooding in the advisory area. Automated rainfall gauges indicate that up to 3 inches of rain has fallen in the Los Banos area...however rainfall is much lighter now. Over the remainder of the area moderate to occasionally heavy rain continues to fall. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Fresno...Bakersfield...Visalia...Clovis...Merced...Madera... Tulare...Porterville...Hanford...Delano...Atwater...Los Banos... Wasco...Corcoran...Lemoore...Sanger...Reedley...Selma...Dinuba and Arvin. Precautionary/preparedness actions... 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.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:42:21 +0000
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