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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

315 PM PDT MON OCT 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HARVARD BURN AREA NEAR BURBANK...

  CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 515 PM PDT



* AT 310 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35  

  MPH ACROSS CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY...TOWARD THE HARVARD BURN    

  AREA. MUD HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED FLOWING OUT OF THE HARVARD     

  BURN AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH     

  PER HOUR IS LIKELY THROUGH 515 PM AND THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN   

  CONTINUED MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND BELOW THE HARVARD BURN AREA  

  NEAR BURBANK. 



RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS SHOULD BE 

ALERT TO HEAVY MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS WHICH MAY BLOCK ROADS AND 

CULVERTS. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOODING AND PROPERTY LOSS COULD 

RESULT IN AREAS WHERE RUNOFF IS RESTRICTED OR BLOCKED.



IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE DEBRIS 

FLOWS IN THE HARVARD BURN AREA...ACCORDING TO THRESHOLDS PROVIDED BY 

THE USGS. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE ROADS AND RESIDENCES IN AND BELOW 

THE BURN AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3419 11827 3423 11824 3423 11827 3425 11831

      3422 11832 3420 11833



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MOYER/JACOBSON



MORE INFORMATION ON DEBRIS FLOWS CAN BE FOUND AT

HTTP://NHSS.CR.USGS.GOV

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