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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

810 AM PST SAT FEB 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED AND EXPANDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE         

  ANTELOPE VALLEY

  

* UNTIL 1100 AM PST



* AT 800 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY. STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN STRETCHED 

FROM NEAR LONG BEACH TO ROWLAND HEIGHTS AND ALSO FROM NEAR SANTA 

MONICA INTO THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO OVER THE 

FOOTHILL BURN AREA AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. MUCH OF THE COUNTY HAS 

ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 12 

HOURS. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 11 AM DUE TO 

LOCAL RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH PER HOUR. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE BURN 

AREAS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...NORWALK...WHITTIER...SAN FERNANDO AND 

SAN GABRIEL VALLEYS...SANTA CLARITA...PALMDALE AND LAKE LOS ANGELES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...DESERT

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. PEOPLE LIVING IN OR BELOW AREAS 

OF STEEP TERRAIN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ROCK AND MUDSLIDES. FAVORABLE 

LOCATIONS FOR MUDFLOWS ARE IN AND BELOW ANY BURN AREA.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3406 11855 3400 11846 3376 11813 3396 11798

      3396 11779 3420 11768 3481 11770 3481 11888

      3429 11864 3418 11867 3409 11894 3403 11882



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