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000 

WGUS56 KLOX 191042

FFWLOX

CAC083-191400-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

245 AM PST SAT FEB 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA IN SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY



* UNTIL 600 AM PST



* AT 240 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

  AFFECTING THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE NEAR THE

  BURN AREA ACCUMULATED AROUND FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH BETWEEN 145 AM

  AND 245 AM. A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS

  WAS DETECTED NEAR THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD

  NORTHWARD OVER THE BURN AREA BY 4 AM. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD

  WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA UNTIL 6 AM.

  INTENSE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE

  EXPECTED ACROSS THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA. AS A RESULT...THERE WILL 

  CONTINUE TO BE A HIGH RISK FOR MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS AND ASSOCIATED

  FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ON

  HIGHWAYS 101 AND 154 NEAR THE BURN AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3443 12030 3441 12006 3458 12004 3459 12031



$$



GOMBERG

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000 

WGUS56 KLOX 191042

FFWLOX

CAC083-191400-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

245 AM PST SAT FEB 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA IN SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY



* UNTIL 600 AM PST



* AT 240 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

  AFFECTING THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE NEAR THE

  BURN AREA ACCUMULATED AROUND FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH BETWEEN 145 AM

  AND 245 AM. A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS

  WAS DETECTED NEAR THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD

  NORTHWARD OVER THE BURN AREA BY 4 AM. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD

  WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA UNTIL 6 AM.

  INTENSE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE

  EXPECTED ACROSS THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA. AS A RESULT...THERE WILL 

  CONTINUE TO BE A HIGH RISK FOR MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS AND ASSOCIATED

  FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ON

  HIGHWAYS 101 AND 154 NEAR THE BURN AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3443 12030 3441 12006 3458 12004 3459 12031



$$



GOMBERG

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