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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

430 PM PDT SUN JUL 24 2005



CAC037-250045-

LOS ANGELES COUNTY-

430 PM PDT SUN JUL 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM PDT FOR NORTH 

CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY...AFFECTING THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND

SOUTHERN ANTELOPE VALLEY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PALMDALE AND 

LITTLEROCK...



AT 420 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX COVERING A LARGE AREA OF THE SAN GABRIEL

MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN ANTELOPE VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING

ACROSS THE PALMDALE METROPOLITAN AREA...EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARDS

ACTON...ALONG HIGHWAY 14. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS LARGE STORM

COMPLEX...FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING 

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



A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN AND AROUND

PALMDALE...WITH UP TO TWO FEET OF STANDING WATER AND STALLED CARS AT 

THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 14 AND AVENUE P. 



ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD TOWARDS

LANCASTER AND COULD MERGE WITH THE LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MENTIONED

ABOVE. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS

ACROSS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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



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