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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

340 PM PDT SUN SEP 2 2007



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LOS ANGELES CA-

345 PM PDT SUN SEP 2 2007



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

NORTHEASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...INCLUDING THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS

AND ANTELOPE VALLEY...



AT 340 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS

AND ANTELOPE VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE FOOTHILLS

SOUTHWEST OF PALMDALE...AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST ANTELOPE VALLEY EXTENDING

FROM SADDLEBACK BUTTE TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE. 



EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DEVELOPED ACROSS

THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS. WEATHER SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR

INDICATED RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 3 INCHES PER HOUR NEAR WRIGHTWOOD

AND BIG PINES...ALONG WITH STREET FLOODING.



DUE TO THE AMPLE MOISTURE IN PLACE AND SLOW MOVING NATURE OF STORMS...

FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THE

WARNING AREA. WHILE HEAVY RAINFALL IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT TODAY...

THERE COULD ALSO BE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.



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.



LAT...LON 3432 11836 3425 11815 3423 11761 3486 11764

      3482 11841



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