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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

558 PM PDT MON OCT 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  INCLUDING THE GORMAN BURN AREA



* UNTIL 745 PM PDT



* AT 550 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   

  TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWEST ACROSS THE      

  MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. CLOSE TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS     

  FALLEN SINCE 400 PM OVER THE GORMAN BURN AREA. THE CALIFORNIA      

  HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED THAT MUD AND DEBRIS WAS FLOWING OUT OF THE 

  BURN AREA AND BLOCKING PARTS OF INTERSTATE 5 NEAR GORMAN...AND THE 

  INTERSTATE HAS BEEN CLOSED TO TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.          

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF NEAR ONE THIRD INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE  

  TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS BELOW THE GORMAN  

  BURN AREA. FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY TO CONTINUE ALONG HIGHWAY 138   

  WEST OF LANCASTER.



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

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

THE USGS. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE INTERSTATE 5 NEAR THE SUMMIT OF 

TEJON PASS.



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 3440 11803 3483 11810 3494 11896 3447 11871



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MOYER/JACOBSON



MORE INFORMATION ON DEBRIS FLOWS CAN BE FOUND AT

HTTP://NHSS.CR.USGS.GOV

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