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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

142 AM PST WED MAR 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE HARVARD BURN AREA IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 245 AM PST



* AT 136 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE HARVARD BURN AREA. AUTOMATED GAGES

  REPORTED MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN ONE HALF HOUR

  AS THESE SHOWERS MOVED OVERHEAD. RAINFALL AT THESE RATES WILL LIKELY

  CAUSE MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS AND FLASH FLOODING IN AND BELOW THE HARVARD

  BURN AREA THROUGH 245 AM PST. 



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.



MUD SLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES CAN POTENTIALLY TRAP AND KILL PEOPLE CAUGHT 

IN THEIR PATH.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3425 11834 3419 11832 3420 11827 3425 11826



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BRUNO/KAPLAN



MORE INFORMATION ON DEBRIS FLOWS CAN BE FOUND AT

HTTP://NHSS.CR.USGS.GOV

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