Flood Watches
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:34 am
Be careful out there this weekend, and next week!
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA ABOVE RESERVOIRS...FROM YOSEMITE PARK
SOUTH TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE.
* FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO NEXT WEEK.
* POTENTIAL FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS WOULD INCLUDE THE
MERCED RIVER IN YOSEMITE PARK...THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER ABOVE
MILLERTON...THE KINGS RIVER ABOVE PINE FLAT...AND THE KAWEAH
RIVER ABOVE TERMINUS DAM INCLUDING THREE RIVERS.
* INCREASING SNOWMELT WILL OCCUR AS TEMPERATURES WARM OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH EVEN WARMER WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE
FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.
* IMPACTS INCLUDE POTENTIAL FLOODING OF HIKING TRAILS...
CAMPGROUNDS...AND SMALLER BACK ROADS. RIVERS AND STREAMS FOR
BOATERS AND RAFTERS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS...AS THE
FAST FLOWING...AND VERY COLD WATERS CONTINUE TO RISE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLOODING. FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
REMEMBER...THAT HIGHEST RIVER FLOWS GENERALLY OCCUR DURING THE
LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...USUALLY WITHIN AND HOUR OR
TWO OF MIDNIGHT. A CAMPGROUND OR TRAIL MAY BE DRY AND APPEAR QUITE
SAFE DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT CAN QUICKLY TAKE ON WATER AT
NIGHT.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA ABOVE RESERVOIRS...FROM YOSEMITE PARK
SOUTH TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE.
* FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO NEXT WEEK.
* POTENTIAL FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS WOULD INCLUDE THE
MERCED RIVER IN YOSEMITE PARK...THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER ABOVE
MILLERTON...THE KINGS RIVER ABOVE PINE FLAT...AND THE KAWEAH
RIVER ABOVE TERMINUS DAM INCLUDING THREE RIVERS.
* INCREASING SNOWMELT WILL OCCUR AS TEMPERATURES WARM OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH EVEN WARMER WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE
FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.
* IMPACTS INCLUDE POTENTIAL FLOODING OF HIKING TRAILS...
CAMPGROUNDS...AND SMALLER BACK ROADS. RIVERS AND STREAMS FOR
BOATERS AND RAFTERS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS...AS THE
FAST FLOWING...AND VERY COLD WATERS CONTINUE TO RISE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLOODING. FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
REMEMBER...THAT HIGHEST RIVER FLOWS GENERALLY OCCUR DURING THE
LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...USUALLY WITHIN AND HOUR OR
TWO OF MIDNIGHT. A CAMPGROUND OR TRAIL MAY BE DRY AND APPEAR QUITE
SAFE DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT CAN QUICKLY TAKE ON WATER AT
NIGHT.