Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
155 PM PDT FRI MAY 28 2010

CAZ093-094-096-097-291115-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
155 PM PDT FRI MAY 28 2010

...STAY SAFE NEAR THE WATER THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA OR THE
FOOTHILLS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND...REMEMBER THAT THE INCREASED
FLOW IN MOUNTAIN RIVERS...STREAMS AND LAKES CAN BE POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS. EVEN THOUGH A STREAM OR RIVER LOOKS COOL AND
INVITING...THE WATER IS ACTUALLY VERY COLD. OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS
ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS.

IF YOU ARE RAFTING OR BOATING ON RIVERS OR STREAMS...ALWAYS WEAR
LIFE JACKETS OR VESTS...AND KEEP OTHER FLOTATION GEAR HANDY. BE
ALERT FOR THE DANGERS OF HYPOTHERMIA IF YOU OR OTHERS FALL INTO
THE WATER...GET TO SAFETY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU ARE CAMPING NEAR A RIVER OR STREAM...REMEMBER THAT THE
HIGHEST WATER LEVELS OCCUR AT NIGHT...USUALLY WITHIN AN HOUR OR
TWO ON EITHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT. A CAMPGROUND MAY LOOK DRY AND SAFE
IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...BUT CAN TAKE ON WATER AT NIGHT.


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BINGHAM