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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

410 PM PDT SAT JUL 23 2005



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LOS ANGELES COUNTY-

410 PM PDT SAT JUL 23 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM PDT FOR NORTHEASTERN 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY INCLUDING THE SAN GABRIEL RANGE AND EASTERN ANTELOPE

VALLEY...



AT 400 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SAN GABRIEL 

MOUNTAINS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG ANGELES

FOREST HIGHWAY...NEAR MILL CREEK SUMMIT. THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED

NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE ANTELOPE 

VALLEY...AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF PEARBLOSSOM...LITTLEROCK...AND 

JUNIPER HILLS. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS BEEN TRACKING WESTWARD AT AROUND

5 MILES PER HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CANYONS SOUTH OF 

ACTON. 



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES 

PER HOUR WITH THE STRONG CELL OVER THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS. 

SLIGHTLY LESSER RAINFALL INTENSITIES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED IN THE 

ANTELOPE VALLEY...GENERALLY BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR.



IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING...THERE WILL ALSO BE

THE THREAT OF SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND

LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS...STREAMS...AND COUNTRY ROADS.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3422 11815 3423 11767 3482 11777 3482 11829



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