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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

345 AM PST MON JAN 10 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 1000 AM PST



* AT 340 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY ACROSS VENTURA AND PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES 

  COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXTENDED WELL OFFSHORE AND WILL BE 

  MOVING INTO THE WARNING AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. RAINFALL 

  RATES OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED...

  WITH LOCAL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR IN HEAVIER CONVECTIVE

  CELLS AND ON THE SOUTH FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. MANY ROADS AND 

  HIGHWAYS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA REMAIN CLOSED OR FLOODED. 

  NUMEROUS STREAMS AND RIVERS...INCLUDING THE SANTA CLARA RIVER 

  IN SANTA CLARITA AND LOWER VENTURA RIVER 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 MORNING 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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