

000 

WGUS56 KLOX 242252

FFWLOX

CAC037-250045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

345 PM PDT SUN JUL 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  AFFECTING THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT SOUTHERN

  PORTIONS OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...INCLUDING PALMDALE AND LITTLEROCK



* UNTIL 545 PM PDT



* AT 340 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  TWO THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES OVER NORTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

  ONE STORM COMPLEX WAS LOCATED NEAR MILL CREEK SUMMIT...WITH ANOTHER

  JUST SOUTH OF PALMDALE. THESE TWO STORM COMPLEXES ARE EXPECTED TO

  MERGE AND PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF

  HIGHWAY 14 AND ANGELES FOREST HIGHWAY. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF

  THESE STORMS...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING

  AREA...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR EXPECTED.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILL CREEK

  SUMMIT...LAKE PALMDALE...LITTLEROCK...AND PALMDALE.

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3431 11817 3439 11799 3460 11796 3460 11822



$$



GOMBERG/MOYER

