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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

810 PM PST MON JAN 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST             

  CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA...THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE...

  THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA...LOMPOC...VANDENBERG AFB...AND THE SANTA    

  YNEZ VALLEY



* UNTIL 200 AM PST TUESDAY



* AT 805 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  MODERATE RAIN INCREASING ACROSS SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...WITH        

  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING WELL OFFSHORE. RAINFALL

  RATES WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

  DURING THE EVENING HOURS...WITH HOURLY AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO

  ONE HALF INCH LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND LOCALIZED AMOUNTS

  OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ON THE OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED SOUTH

  FACING SLOPES. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE

  THE FLOODING SITUATION...AS MANY AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY

  OUT OF THEIR BANKS. MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS WILL BE A MAJOR THREAT

  AS WELL...AND MANDATORY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR SOME 

  NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3437 12067 3435 11954 3439 11946 3472 11945       

      3478 12065



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