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WGUS76 KLOX 222227

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

326 PM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006



CAC037-222330-

LOS ANGELES-

326 PM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT FOR

NORTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...



AT 325 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE LOS ANGELES 

COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY PRODUCING 

RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR AND CAUSING FLASH FLOODING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE TWO MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN ARE FROM JUST 

WEST OF BIG PINES NEAR THE ANGELES CREST HIGHWAY IN THE EASTERN SAN 

GABRIEL MOUNTAINS TO NEAR LITTLEROCK...AND ALSO THE FAR NORTHWESTERN 

CORNER OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...NORTH OF PYRAMID LAKE TO NEAR GORMAN. 

AT 252 PM...THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A VEHICLE STUCK 

IN A ROCK AND MUD SLIDE NEAR THE JUNCTION OF BIG PINES HIGHWAY AND 

BIG ROCK CREEK ROAD. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE PEARBLOSSOM...LITTLEROCK AND 

GORMAN. HIGHWAY 138 BOTH NEAR PEARBLOSSOM AND LITTLEROCK AS WELL AS 

NEAR THE INTERSTATE 5 JUNCTION WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED. THE BIG ROCK 

CREEK DRAINAGE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN ANTELOPE VALLEY FOOTHILLS HAS 

RECEIVED A RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 3 

HOURS...LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING ALONG BIG ROCK 

CREEK AND ANY ROADS THAT INTERSECT THE NORMALLY DRY WASH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...DESERT 

ROADS...WASHES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3429 11773 3454 11775 3482 11862 3483 11889

      3468 11880



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MOYER

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000 

WGUS76 KLOX 222227

FFSLOX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

326 PM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006



CAC037-222330-

LOS ANGELES-

326 PM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT FOR

NORTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...



AT 325 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE LOS ANGELES 

COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY PRODUCING 

RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR AND CAUSING FLASH FLOODING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE TWO MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN ARE FROM JUST 

WEST OF BIG PINES NEAR THE ANGELES CREST HIGHWAY IN THE EASTERN SAN 

GABRIEL MOUNTAINS TO NEAR LITTLEROCK...AND ALSO THE FAR NORTHWESTERN 

CORNER OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...NORTH OF PYRAMID LAKE TO NEAR GORMAN. 

AT 252 PM...THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A VEHICLE STUCK 

IN A ROCK AND MUD SLIDE NEAR THE JUNCTION OF BIG PINES HIGHWAY AND 

BIG ROCK CREEK ROAD. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE PEARBLOSSOM...LITTLEROCK AND 

GORMAN. HIGHWAY 138 BOTH NEAR PEARBLOSSOM AND LITTLEROCK AS WELL AS 

NEAR THE INTERSTATE 5 JUNCTION WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED. THE BIG ROCK 

CREEK DRAINAGE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN ANTELOPE VALLEY FOOTHILLS HAS 

RECEIVED A RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 3 

HOURS...LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING ALONG BIG ROCK 

CREEK AND ANY ROADS THAT INTERSECT THE NORMALLY DRY WASH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...DESERT 

ROADS...WASHES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3429 11773 3454 11775 3482 11862 3483 11889

      3468 11880



$$



MOYER

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