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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

530 PM PST TUE MAR 22 2005



CAC037-230230-

LOS ANGELES CA-

530 PM PST TUE MAR 22 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM PST FOR SOUTHWEST

   LOS ANGELES COUNTY...SPECIFICALLY IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS

   AND ADJACENT COAST...INCLUDING MALIBU...



BETWEEN 430 PM AND 530 PM...A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVED

THROUGH THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS

NEAR MALIBU. SEVERAL AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES REPORTED RAINFALL RATES

IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. THE HIGHEST HOURLY RAINFALL RATE

OCCURRED AT TOPANGA PATROL STATION...WITH 1.25 INCHES BETWEEN

430 PM AND 530 PM. DURING THE LAST THREE HOURS (BETWEEN 230 AND 530 

PM)...SEVEAL AUTOMATED STATIONS IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS 

REPORTED BETWEEN 2.00 AND 2.50 INCHES. 



AT 520 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND BEGINNING

TO MOVE EAST OF THE WARNING AREA...BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWER BANDS 

COULD AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH 630 PM. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. 



THE VERY INTENSE RAINFALL RATES THAT FELL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA

WILL CAUSE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ROCK AND MUD SLIDE ACTIVITY...AS 

WELL AS MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS. 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. IN ADDITION TO FLOODING...MUD AND DEBRIS 

FLOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE.



LAT...LON 3409 11892 3404 11894 3401 11881 3403 11872 3403 11860 

      3404 11854 3406 11853 3412 11849 3414 11857



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