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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

1000 PM PST SUN FEB 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

   INCLUDING THE PADUA...FOOTHILL...CROWN AND SIMI 

   BURN AREAS



  VENTURA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

   INCLUDING THE PIRU AND SIMI BURN AREA AND THE

   COMMUNITY OF LA CONCHITA



  SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

   INCLUDING THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA



* UNTIL 400 AM PST MONDAY



* AT 950 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED

  INTENSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL RATES WERE AVERAGING

  ONE THIRD TO TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH PER HOUR...WITH LOCAL RATES

  OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR REPORTED. INTENSE RAINFALL OF

  BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AND ONE AND A QUARTER

  INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS

  THE WARNING AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE      

  NIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLOODING...

  ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MANY MUDSLIDES AND

  ROCKSLIDES WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT...AND THERE WILL BE MUD AND

  DEBRIS FLOWS NEAR AND BELOW BURN AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GAVIOTA...

  REFUGIO STATE BEACH...HOLLYWOOD...VAN NUYS...MOUNT WILSON...

  WHITTIER...WEST COVINA...TORRANCE...DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...

  SIMI VALLEY...THOUSAND OAKS...SANTA YNEZ...SANTA PAULA... 

  MALIBU...SANTA MONICA...SANTA CLARITA...REDONDO BEACH...POINT

  MUGU...POMONA...PASADENA...PALOS VERDES ESTATES...PALMDALE...

  OXNARD...VENTURA...OJAI...MONTEBELLO...MANHATTAN EACH...LAKE LOS

  ANGELES...INGLEWOOD...WOODLAND HILLS...GLENDALE...LOCKWOOD

  VALLEY...FILLMORE...EL MONTE...DOWNEY...COMPTON... CARPINTERIA...

  CAMARILLO...SANTA BARBARA...BURBANK...BEVERLY HILLS AND

  AGOURA HILLS.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. 



LAT...LON 3490 11975 3458 12028 3456 12063 3445 12045 3441 11986

      3376 12002 3410 11914 3323 11839 3378 11760 3484 11767



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