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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

845 AM PST SAT FEB 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VENTURA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  INCLUDING THE SIMI AND PIRU BURN AREAS



* UNTIL 1100 AM PST



* AT 845 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   

  TO SHOW HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF   

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VENTURA COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED    

  FROM OXNARD TO OJAI...SANTA PAULA AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER  

  HEAVY RAIN SHOWER WAS SOUTH OF THOUSAND OAKS...MOVING NORTH AT 25  

  MPH. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN THREE AND SEVEN INCHES  

  OF RAIN IN THE LAST TWO DAYS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE    

  INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH 11 AM DUE TO RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING ONE 

  HALF INCH PER HOUR.



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

  PAULA...OJAI...FILLMORE...MOORPARK...THOUSAND OAKS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS 

OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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 3410 11912 3406 11897 3420 11879 3465 11882

      3466 11941 3437 11942 3428 11932



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