

000 

WGUS56 KLOX 220819

FFWLOX

CAC083-221015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

1216 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SANTA BARBARA AND CARPINTERIA...

  LAKE CACHUMA...SAN MARCOS PASS...AND MONTECITO...



* UNTIL 215 AM PST



* AT 1205 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF INTENSIFYING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING 

  FROM CARPINTERIA NORTH THROUGH LAKE CACHUMA. RADAR ESTIMATED 

  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH THIS BAND...

  WHICH WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH 2 AM PST. INTENSE RAINFALL 

  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

  CARPINTERIA...SANTA BARBARA AND SAN MARCOS PASS.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3429 11970 3429 11947 3474 11965 3462 12010



$$



BRUNO/KAPLAN

