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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

950 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 400 AM PST MONDAY



* AT 955 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE RAIN ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA      

  COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL ACTIVITY WILL BE SOMEWHAT LESS ACROSS

  THE REGION THROUGH 11 PM...RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OFFSHORE WHICH WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM. RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE QUARTER       

  INCH PER HOUR...BUT LOCALLY AS HIGH AS THREE QUARTERS INCH         

  PER HOUR ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS CAN BE EXPECTED

  THROUGH 4 AM MONDAY. MANY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ACROSS THE WARNING    

  AREA REMAIN CLOSED OR FLOODED. NUMEROUS STREAMS AND RIVERS...

  INCLUDING THE SANTA CLARA RIVER IN SANTA CLARITA...LOWER VENTURA   

  RIVER AND CALLEGUAS CREEK HAVE BEEN REPORTED OUT OF THEIR 

  BANKS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COMBINED WITH CONTINUED 

  RUNOFF AND ENHANCED BY SNOW MELT IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTRIBUTE 

  TO THE ALREADY HIGH WATER LEVELS. MUDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES 

  WILL REMAIN A THREAT AS WELL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND 

  MAY OCCUR AT ANY TIME...EVEN DURING PERIODS WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN 

  FALLING.



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 3439 11944 3416 11922 3401 11882 3338 11856

      3329 11829 3378 11811 3396 11804 3397 11782

      3416 11769 3442 11767 3444 11800 3475 11878

      3481 11923 3490 11944



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