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WGUS76 KLOX 220703

FFSLOX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

1201 AM PDT SAT SEP 22 2007



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LOS ANGELES CA-

1201 AM PDT SAT SEP 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT

UNTIL 1215 AM PDT FOR CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY...



AT 1159 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF

PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EL MONTE AND WEST COVINA MOVING NORTH AT 

20 MPH.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR..   

  AZUSA AND MONROVIA BY 1205 AM PDT...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3428 11814 3427 11787 3394 11791 3394 11795

      3392 11797 3393 11813

TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 181DEG 18KT 3408 11801



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