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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

545 AM PST MON JAN 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  VENTURA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MALIBU...SIMI VALLEY

  THOUSAND OAKS...VENTURA...OJAI...MIENERS OAKS...OAK VIEW

  CALABASAS...AND AGOURA HILLS



* UNTIL 930 AM PST



* AT 530 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH MORE VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  APPROACHING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED HIGHWAY

  1 FROM MALIBU TO LA CONCHITA...THE CONEJO VALLEY...THE OJAI AREA

  ...THE SIMI BURN AREA...THE PIRU BURN AREA...AND VERDALE BURN AREA

  AS WELL AS THE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE BURN AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...POSSIBLY INCLUDING THE VENTURA RIVER...HIGHWAYS 

AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT 

TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3420 11926 3410 11914 3404 11894 3400 11882

      3404 11858 3413 11861 3435 11856 3449 11874

      3467 11883 3468 11902 3468 11943 3439 11944



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