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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

458 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 700 PM PDT



* AT 455 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS

  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WERE ABOUT 

  5 MILES NORTH OF LANCASTER. SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND 

  POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS OR WEAK TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE

  WITH THE 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...ARROYOS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES. LOW SPOTS ON HIGHWAY 138 ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO 

FLASH FLOODING. 



A FLASH 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 3437 11833 3433 11765 3438 11765 3483 11767 3482 11837



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