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WGUS76 KLOX 020057

FFSLOX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

557 PM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007



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LOS ANGELES CA-

557 PM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM PDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...



AT 505 PM PDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ANTELOPE VALLEY HAVE WEAKENED. HOWEVER...THE 

THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM PDT DUE TO 

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO 

PALMDALE...LANCASTER...LITTLEROCK AND PEARBLOSSOM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF WASHES 

AND ARROYOS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS... 

STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW 

LYING SPOTS. HIGHWAY 138 IS 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



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