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WGUS76 KLOX 230227

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

630 PM PST TUE MAR 22 2005



CAC037-230230-

LOS ANGELES CA-

630 PM PST TUE MAR 22 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR SOUTHWEST LOS ANGELES   

   COUNTY...SPECIFICALLY IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT 

   COAST...INCLUDING MALIBU...



AT 625 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE MAIN COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED

WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE WARNING AREA. AS A RESULT...WIDESPREAD

HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT IMMINENT ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ALLOWING

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS

WERE LOCATED ACROSS SANTA BARBARA AND WESTERN VENTURA COUNTIES...

AND COULD AFFECT SOUTHWEST LOS ANGELES COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING.



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 FOUR HOURS (BETWEEN 230 AND 630 

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

REPORTED BETWEEN 2.00 AND 2.75 INCHES. 



CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT ROCK AND MUDSLIDE 

ACTIVITY ON ENCINAL CANYON ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 1...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY

1 NEAR WILL ROGERS STATE BEACH. 



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

      11860 3404 11854 3406 11853 3412 11849 3414 11857



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000 

WGUS76 KLOX 230227 RRA

FFSLOX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

630 PM PST TUE MAR 22 2005



CAC037-230245-

LOS ANGELES CA-

630 PM PST TUE MAR 22 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR SOUTHWEST LOS ANGELES   

   COUNTY...SPECIFICALLY IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT 

   COAST...INCLUDING MALIBU...



AT 625 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE MAIN COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED

WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE WARNING AREA. AS A RESULT...WIDESPREAD

HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT IMMINENT ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ALLOWING

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS

WERE LOCATED ACROSS SANTA BARBARA AND WESTERN VENTURA COUNTIES...

AND COULD AFFECT SOUTHWEST LOS ANGELES COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING.



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 FOUR HOURS (BETWEEN 230 AND 630 

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

REPORTED BETWEEN 2.00 AND 2.75 INCHES. 



CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT ROCK AND MUDSLIDE 

ACTIVITY ON ENCINAL CANYON ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 1...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY

1 NEAR WILL ROGERS STATE BEACH. 



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

      11860 3404 11854 3406 11853 3412 11849 3414 11857



$$



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