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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

455 PM PDT SUN JUL 24 2005



CAC037-250045-

LOS ANGELES COUNTY-

455 PM PDT SUN JUL 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM PDT FOR NORTHERN LOS 

ANGELES COUNTY...NOW AFFECTING THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WEST OF LANCASTER

AND PALMDALE...INCLUDING THE LEONA VALLEY...ELIZABETH LAKE...BOUQUET

RESERVOIR...AND QUARTZ HILL...



AT 450 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SIGNIFICANT WEAKENING OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX NEAR PALMDALE

AND ACTON...BUT SHOWED INTENSIFICATION OF ANOTHER STORM COMPLEX

WEST OF LANCASTER...AFFECTING LEONA VALLEY AND ELIZABETH LAKE.

THIS STORM COMPLEX WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING TO

THESE AREAS AND IS MOVING SOUTHWARD AT AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR...

WHICH WILL AFFECT QUARTZ HILL...GREEN VALLEY...AND BOUQUET

RESERVOIR. RAINFALL RATES OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR HAVE ALREADY

BEEN OBSERVED TODAY. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL...

THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BRING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTERN

LANCASTER...LEONA VALLEY...ELIZABETH LAKE...GREEN VALLEY...BOUQUET 

RESERVOIR...AND QUARTZ HILL.



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 3444 11835 3449 11805 3471 11818 3470 11848

      3454 11852



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