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000 

WGUS56 KLOX 190257

FFWLOX

CAC037-190500-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

700 PM PST FRI FEB 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 900 PM PST



* AT 700 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE HOLLYWOOD  

  HILLS THROUGH THE BURBANK AREA...NORTH IN THE CENTRAL SAN GABRIEL  

  MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE VERDUGO HILLS...LA TUNA CANYON...BIG AND 

  LITTLE TUJUNGA CANYONS AND BOULDER CANYON. SHOWERS CONTINUE TO     

  REDEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS...PROMPTING THE CONCERN FOR 

  FLASH FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA SINCE ABOUT 230 PM. 



* THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER THE       

  BURBANK...SUN VALLEY...SUNLAND AND TUJUNGA AREAS AS WELL AS THE    

  STEEP TERRAIN BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 14 AND 2 IN THE SAN GABRIEL         

  MOUNTAINS THROUGH 700 PM. HIGH VOLUME TRAVEL ROUTES SUCH AS        

  INTERSTATES 5 AND 210 BETWEEN THE SAN GABRIEL AND SAN FERNANDO     

  VALLEYS AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 170 NORTH OF HOLLYWOOD WILL BE     

  IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. THESE AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE RAINFALL  

  RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR AND PERIODS OF SMALL HAIL     

  THROUGH 9 PM.    



NUMEROUS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN 

THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. PEOPLE LIVING IN OR DRIVING THROUGH AREAS 

OF STEEP TERRAIN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR MUD AND ROCK SLIDES.



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 3418 11839 3416 11824 3436 11818 3442 11839



$$



MOYER/GOMBERG

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000 

WGUS56 KLOX 190257

FFWLOX

CAC037-190500-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

700 PM PST FRI FEB 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 900 PM PST



* AT 700 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE HOLLYWOOD  

  HILLS THROUGH THE BURBANK AREA...NORTH IN THE CENTRAL SAN GABRIEL  

  MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE VERDUGO HILLS...LA TUNA CANYON...BIG AND 

  LITTLE TUJUNGA CANYONS AND BOULDER CANYON. SHOWERS CONTINUE TO     

  REDEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS...PROMPTING THE CONCERN FOR 

  FLASH FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA SINCE ABOUT 230 PM. 



* THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER THE       

  BURBANK...SUN VALLEY...SUNLAND AND TUJUNGA AREAS AS WELL AS THE    

  STEEP TERRAIN BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 14 AND 2 IN THE SAN GABRIEL         

  MOUNTAINS THROUGH 700 PM. HIGH VOLUME TRAVEL ROUTES SUCH AS        

  INTERSTATES 5 AND 210 BETWEEN THE SAN GABRIEL AND SAN FERNANDO     

  VALLEYS AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 170 NORTH OF HOLLYWOOD WILL BE     

  IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. THESE AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE RAINFALL  

  RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR AND PERIODS OF SMALL HAIL     

  THROUGH 9 PM.    



NUMEROUS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN 

THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. PEOPLE LIVING IN OR DRIVING THROUGH AREAS 

OF STEEP TERRAIN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR MUD AND ROCK SLIDES.



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 3418 11839 3416 11824 3436 11818 3442 11839



$$



MOYER/GOMBERG

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