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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

502 PM PDT MON OCT 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LANCASTER



* UNTIL 600 PM PDT



* AT 500 PM PDT...CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED WATER OVER      

  HIGHWAY 138 WEST OF LANCASTER AND ROADS ON THE WEST SIDE OF        

  LANCASTER HAD WATER ONE AND HALF FEET DEEP. SHOWERS AND            

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY WILL REMAIN IN OR NEAR   

  THE AREA THROUGH 6 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3458 11814 3481 11808 3503 11875 3481 11867



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MOYER/JACOBSON



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