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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

400 PM 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 1000 PM PST



* AT 350 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY...WITH

  RAINFALL ACTIVITY DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT ACROSS VENTURA COUNTY.

  WHILE RAINFALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITIES HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT

  ACROSS THE REGION...MANY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ACROSS THE WARNING 

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

  REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL

  IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND DURING THE

  OVERNIGHT HOURS...CAUSING FURTHER FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOW CONCERNS.

  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 SIGNIFICANT THREAT THROUGH TUESDAY...

  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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