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WGUS56 KLOX 092245

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CAC037-111-100430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

245 PM PST SUN JAN 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCEPT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  INCLUDING MALIBU...SANTA CLARITA...DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...ALTADENA...

  PASADENA AND THE SIMI...FOOTHILL AND PADUA BURN AREAS

  VENTURA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  INCLUDING VENTURA...OXNARD...OJAI...MOORPARK...SIMI VALLEY...THOUSAND

  OAKS AND THE SIMI AND PIRU BURN AREAS



* UNTIL 830 PM PST



* AT 230 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE 

  TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES WITH 

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OFFSHORE POISED TO MOVE INLAND. NUMEROUS STREAMS AND

  RIVERS...INCLUDING THE LOWER VENTURA RIVER...CALLEGUAS CREEK...AND POLE

  CREEK HAVE BEEN REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS. NUMEROUS ROADS INCLUDING

  PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 1...33...126...AND INTERSTATE 5 HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE

  TO HIGH WATER. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE OVER LOS 

  ANGELES COUNTY INTO THE EVENING. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR

  WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCAL RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL WILL ONLY INCREASE THE AREAL COVERAGE OF FLOOD WATERS AND INCREASE

  THE LIKELIHOOD OF MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE

  BURN AREAS.

  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANTA

  PAULA...SANTA CLARITA...OJAI...FILLMORE...VENTURA...OXNARD...MOORPARK...

  THE SAN GABRIEL AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS...ACTON...MALIBU...AND THE 

  LOS ANGELES BASIN.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3436 11945 3409 11914 3401 11882 3406 11855

      3373 11834 3377 11810 3396 11796 3397 11779

      3416 11769 3433 11766 3446 11804 3481 11882

      3480 11923 3485 11944



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