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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

405 AM PST MON JAN 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  INCLUDING THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA...SANTA YNEZ RANGE

  AND THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA.



* UNTIL 1000 AM PST



* AT 400 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA

  COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAIN 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. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COMBINED WITH CONTINUED   

  RUNOFF 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.



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