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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

625 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA...SOLVANG...LOMPOC...GOLETA...

  AND THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA



* UNTIL NOON PST



* AT 620 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN EXPANDING AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED 

  THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWESTERN

  SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES WITHIN THIS BAND ARE ESTIMATED 

  TO BE IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALREADY

  BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA...AND RAIN WILL SPREAD

  EAST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SANTA BARBARA COUNTY BY

  8 AM PST. INTENSE RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS AND

  LIFE THREATENING FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. 

  MUDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND MUD AND

  DEBRIS FLOWS WILL OCCUR NEAR AND BELOW BURN AREAS.



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

  SOLVANG...LOMPOC...GOLETA...THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA...

  VANDENBERG AFB...BUELLTON...SANTA YNEZ AND LOMPOC.



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 3446 12066 3435 11948 3450 11944 3470 11947

      3476 12064



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