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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

358 PM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007



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LOS ANGELES CA-

358 PM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007



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

NORTHEASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...



AT 341 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE LANCASTER AND PALMDALE 

AREA...NEAR ACTON AND ALSO 5 MILES SOUTH OF PEARBLOSSOM. THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NEAR 5 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG 

GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



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

LANCASTER AND LAKE LOS ANGELES



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF WASHES 

AND ARROYOS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS 

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. LOW SPOTS ALONG 

HIGHWAY 138 ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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.



LAT...LON 3433 11837 3422 11766 3438 11765 3483 11767 3482 11837



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