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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

245 PM PDT SAT JUL 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  INCLUDING THE SAN GABRIEL RANGE AND EASTERN ANTELOPE VALLEY



* UNTIL 500 PM PDT



* AT 235 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS

  IN THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN ANTELOPE VALLEY. THESE

  STORMS EXTENDED ON A NORTH-SOUTH LINE FROM FALLING SPRINGS IN THE SAN

  GABRIEL RANGE TO JUST EAST OF PEARBLOSSOM...NORTHWARD TO THE KERN COUNTY

  LINE. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY WESTWARD...AND WILL LIKELY 

  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREA...WHERE RAINFALL RATES OF

  ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FALLING 

  SPRINGS...PEARBLOSSOM...LAKE LOS ANGELES...NORTHWARD TO THE KERN

  COUNTY LINE. MAJOR ROADWAYS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE HIGHWAYS 39

  THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS...AND HIGHWAY 138 NEAR PEARBLOSSOM.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

OXNARD.



LAT...LON 3422 11807 3423 11767 3482 11777 3483 11813



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