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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

415 PM PDT MON OCT 17 2005



CAC037-180015-

LOS ANGELES CA-

415 PM PDT MON OCT 17 2005



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

CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM PDT...



AT 410 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUE TO SHOW 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY. HOWEVER...THE OVERALL INTENSITY OF THE RAINFALL 

HAS DIMINISHED TO BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR. 



THE BURBANK POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED MUD SLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS 

FROM THE HARVARD BURN AREA...WHICH STARTED AROUND 215 PM...HAD 

IMPACTED VEHICLES ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE. AS OF 330 PM...EVACUATION 

OF HOMES IN THE AREA WAS UNDERWAY.



ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...EVEN IF ON THE LIGHTER SIDE...COULD LEAD 

TO THE CONTINUATION OF DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING MUD AND 

DEBRIS FLOWS BELOW THE HARVARD BURN AREA THROUGH 515 PM.



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.



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 

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