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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

305 PM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...THIS

  INCLUDES THE CITIES OF LANCASTER AND PALMDALE...



* UNTIL 500 PM PDT



* AT 300 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ACTON AND

  5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG PINES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BUILD

  NORTH INTO THE EASTERN ANTELOPE VALLEY THROUGH 5 PM. FLASH

  FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  PALMDALE...LANCASTER...LAKE LOS ANGELES...LLANO...AND PEARBLOSSOM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF WASHES 

AND ARROYOS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. LOW SPOTS ALONG HIGHWAY 138 

WILL BE AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING AS WELL.   



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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.



LAT...LON 3433 11837 3422 11766 3438 11765 3483 11767

      3482 11837



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