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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

1000 AM PST MON JAN 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA INCLUDING               

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

  PASADENA...THE ANTELOPE VALLEY 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 PM PST



* AT 950 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...LOCALLY HEAVY...CONTINUING OVER VENTURA   

  AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES OVER    

  THE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTH FACING MOUNTAINS SLOPES WILL CONTINUE      

  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE QUARTER PER    

  HOUR CAN BE  EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL RATES AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER  

  HOUR ON THE SOUTH FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND UNDER HEAVY SHOWERS.  

  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. LARGE VOLUMES OF WATER ARE FLOWING OUT OF THE  

  MOUNTAINS INTO THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND ALSO INTO THE SANTA CLARA   

  RIVER VALLEY.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 AFTERNOON 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 3479 11769 3481 11923 

      3490 11944



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