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WGUS56 KLOX 191901

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

1100 AM PST SAT FEB 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  INCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY



* UNTIL 200 PM PST



* AT 1050 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COVERING MUCH OF THE ANTELOPE       

  VALLEY AND MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. HEAVY SHOWERS AND      

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SAN FERNANDO 

  AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEYS. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30     

  MPH. RAINFALL RATES WERE GENERALLY BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE     

  HALF INCH PER HOUR...THOUGH LOCAL RATES AS HIGH AS ONE INCH PER    

  HOUR HAVE OCCURRED UNDER THUNDERSTORMS. EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL MAY   

  DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE COASTAL VALLEYS BY   

  MIDDAY...RUNOFF FROM RAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO      

  CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH WATER LEVELS CURRENTLY IN THE VALLEYS.



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

  NUYS...BURBANK...GLENDALE...WHITTIER...POMONA...SANTA              

  CLARITA...PALMDALE...PEARBLOSSOM AND LAKE LOS ANGELES.



NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE REGION DUE TO 

HIGH WATER. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 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 3415 11862 3406 11835 3394 11802 3398 11781

      3428 11766 3483 11768 3480 11875



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