FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
957 AM PDT MON OCT 12 2009
...VERY HEAVY RAIN LIKELY OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA AND FOOTHILLS OF
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
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MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
957 AM PDT MON OCT 12 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS...TULARE
COUNTY FOOTHILLS...SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE PARK SOUTH TO THE
KERN COUNTY LINE.
* FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* VERY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA AND FOOTHILLS
FROM MID DAY TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG
AND VERY MOIST PACIFIC STORM MOVES INTO THE REGION. RAINFALL
TOTALS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE
FOOTHILLS...TO AS MUCH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE
4000 FEET IN THE SIERRA. FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER BURN AREAS SUCH AS THE BIG MEADOWS AREA OF
YOSEMITE PARK AND THE POWER FIRE BURN AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 190
IN TULARE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN VERY DRY FOR A LENGTHY
PERIOD OF TIME...EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF RAIN OF THIS MAGNITUDE
MAY PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOCATIONS THAT NORMALLY DO NOT FLOOD
DURING A NORMAL EARLY AUTUMN RAINFALL.
* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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BINGHAM