FRAZIER PARK, CA (Thursday, July 30,2015 at 2:30 p.m.)—Five power outages have hit the Mountain from Frazier Park to Pine Mountain since 12:55 p.m. in the midst of a thunder storm. We will add to the following log as further outages occur:

#1 – 12:55 p.m. to 01:07 p.m.
#2 – 01:43 p.m. to 01:46 p.m.
#3 – 01:57 p.m. to 02:00 p.m.
#4 – 02:13 p.m. to 02:14 p.m.
#5 – 02:16 p.m. to 02:16:30 p.m.

A Southern California Edison customer service representative told The Mountain Enterprise that lightning strikes could knock out a transformer directly affecting our area, or if one transformer is knocked out in another area it could cause a surge that affects our local area.

Numerous lightning strikes were observed by reporters for The Mountain Enterprise during the outages. Several downpours have also come through the Mountain Communities from Pine Mountain to Frazier Park and Lebec, extremely heavy at times.

A flash flood advisory is in effect from 1:45 p.m. today until 4:45 p.m. with potentially hazardous weather indicated until 8 p.m. this evening.

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Flood Advisory
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
144 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015

CAC029-302345-
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KERN CA-
144 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
SOUTH CENTRAL KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA…

* UNTIL 445 PM PDT

* AT 143 PM PDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE
ADVISORY AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
TAFT…MARICOPA…SOUTH TAFT…TAFT HEIGHTS…FORD CITY…FRAZIER
PARK…LEBEC…LAKE OF THE WOODS…PINE MOUNTAIN CLUB AND
GRAPEVINE.

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.

&&

LAT…LON 3481 11898 3481 11919 3488 11928 3488 11934
3491 11945 3506 11945 3517 11948 3490 11871
3482 11870 3482 11889 3479 11889 3479 11897

$$
KD

Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
125 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015

CAZ095-098-099-310300-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…TEHACHAPI…LAKE ISABELLA…
RIDGECREST…ROSAMOND…CALIFORNIA CITY…EDWARDS AFB…MOJAVE
125 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015

…A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING…

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
INDIAN WELLS …VALLEY…KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT.

* UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING

* SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN
THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT THIS AFTERNOON. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT TRAIN THROUGH A SPECIFIC AREA THROUGH THIS
EVENING ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERSISTENTLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH
COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING…ESPECIALLY NEAR BURN SCARS.

* BURN AREAS INCLUDING THE GRAND FIRE BURN SCAR NEAR FRAZIER PARK
AND THE WAY FIRE BURN SCAR NEAR LAKE ISABELLA WHICH ARE MOST
VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING. FLOOD PRONE ROADS IN THE KERN
COUNTY DESERTS INCLUDING THE RED ROCK RANDSBURG ROAD AND HIGHWAY
14 NEAR RED ROCK CANYON WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. LO0CALLY FAVORED
ARROYOS AND CANYONS AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.

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.

This is part of the July 24, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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