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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

935 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 400 AM PST TUESDAY



* AT 930 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AND 

  MUCH OF VENTURA COUNTY. RAIN WILL INCREASE ACROSS LOS ANGELES 

  COUNTY BY 1100 PM. RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE ONE      

  QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH   

  OCCASIONAL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR IN CONVECTIVE

  CELLS AND ON OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST 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.



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.



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 3322 11954 3326 11957 3321 11940 3321 11932

      3329 11839 3348 11860 3369 11831 3402 11944

      3374 11843 3375 11841 3438 11948 3489 11944

      3482 11767 3412 11768 3369 11831 3330 11830

      3319 11944 3283 11850 3304 11862 3281 11835



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