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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

1115 AM PST MON JAN 2 2006



CAC037-022130-

LOS ANGELES CA-

1115 AM PST MON JAN 2 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM PST FOR LOS

ANGELES COUNTY...



AT 1100 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF

LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THERE WERE TWO PARTICULARLY HEAVY AREAS OF RAINFALL.

ONE WAS LOCATED ON A NORTH-SOUTH LINE EXTENDING FROM CANYON COUNTRY

THROUGH GLENDALE...SOUTHWARD TO LONG BEACH. THIS LINE OF STORMS PRODUCED

HEAVY RAINFALL INTENSITIES ACROSS THE HARVARD BURN AREA...WITH AN AUTOMATED

SENSOR AT BRAND PARK REPORTING .75 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 10 AM AND 11 AM.

A SECOND AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS THE SAN GABRIEL

MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...WHERE SEVERAL AUTOMATED GAUGES

REPORTED RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. 



AS THE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH LOS ANGELES COUNTY

THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THE BURN AREAS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE RAINFALL

RATES THAT EXCEED USGS FLOODING THRESHOLDS. THE RECENT HARVARD

BURN AREA WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS

FLOWS. OTHER PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY CAN EXPECT WIDESPREAD

AND SIGNIFICANT ROADWAY FLOODING. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS

ALREADY REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADWAYS AS WELL AS ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.

 

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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

OXNARD.





LAT...LON 3376 11843 3384 11839 3403 11853 3400 11882

      3406 11894 3417 11879 3417 11867 3425 11862

      3481 11888 3480 11767 3427 11764 3402 11772

      3399 11779 3395 11779 3395 11796 3381 11807

      3372 11835



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