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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

355 PM PST TUE JAN 30 2007



CAC083-310100-

SANTA BARBARA-

355 PM PST TUE JAN 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM PST FOR

SOUTHEASTERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED

TO AREAS IN AND BELOW THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND THE CITY OF 

SANTA BARBARA...



AT 348 PM PST...SULPHUR MOUNTAIN AND VANDENBERG DOPPLER RADARS

INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY TO INTENSE RAINS AND EMBEDDED

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. RADAR

INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE AND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR

ACROSS WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIER CELLS...AND A SPOTTER EARLIER

REPORTED RAINFALL RATES OF EIGHT TENTHS OF AN INCH IN ONE HALF HOUR. 

RAINFALL AT THIS INTENSITY WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY 

IN AND BELOW STEEP TERRAIN OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND IN THE 

FOOTHILLS ABOVE THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA.



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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A 

FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR 

VEHICLE.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN.



LAT...LON 3444 12009 3431 11954 3451 11944 3455 11996



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000 

WGUS76 KLOX 310006

FFSLOX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

355 PM PST TUE JAN 30 2007



CAC083-310100-

SANTA BARBARA-

355 PM PST TUE JAN 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM PST FOR

SOUTHEASTERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED

TO AREAS IN AND BELOW THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND THE CITY OF 

SANTA BARBARA...



AT 348 PM PST...SULPHUR MOUNTAIN AND VANDENBERG DOPPLER RADARS

INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY TO INTENSE RAINS AND EMBEDDED

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. RADAR

INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE AND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR

ACROSS WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIER CELLS...AND A SPOTTER EARLIER

REPORTED RAINFALL RATES OF EIGHT TENTHS OF AN INCH IN ONE HALF HOUR. 

RAINFALL AT THIS INTENSITY WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY 

IN AND BELOW STEEP TERRAIN OF THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND IN THE 

FOOTHILLS ABOVE THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA.



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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A 

FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR 

VEHICLE.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN.



LAT...LON 3444 12009 3431 11954 3451 11944 3455 11996



$$



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