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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

245 AM PDT SAT OCT 14 2006



CAC037-111-141015-

LOS ANGELES-VENTURA-

245 AM PDT SAT OCT 14 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM PDT FOR

THE DAY FIRE BURN AREA IN NORTHWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND

NORTHERN VENTURA COUNTY...



AT 235 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND NORTHERN 

VENTURA COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND THREE

QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED WITH SOME OF THESE

SHOWERS. THIS WOULD BE AT OR ABOVE THE RAINFALL INTENSITIES...

CALCULATED BY THE USGS...NECESSARY TO PRODUCE DEBRIS FLOWS IN THE

RECENT DAY FIRE BURN AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A MAJOR THREAT

IN AND BELOW THE RECENTLY BURNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOCKWOOD

VALLEY



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.



DEBRIS FLOW...MUD SLIDES...ROCK SLIDES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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

IN THEIR PATH.



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.





LAT...LON 3451 11929 3442 11885 3462 11865 3481 11911



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