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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

415 AM PST SAT FEB 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...LONG BEACH...THE

  SAN FERNANDO VALLEY...MALIBU...AND SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS

  THROUGH THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS.



* UNTIL 815 AM PST



* AT 412 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS INTENSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND LONG

  BEACH.



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.



AT 420 AM BOTH THE 710 AND THE 5 FREEWAYS WERE FLOODED.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

OXNARD.



LAT...LON 3430 11762 3361 11817 3401 11880 3412 11879

      3414 11864 3434 11847



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