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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

211 AM PST SAT JAN 5 2008



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LOS ANGELES CA-

211 AM PST SAT JAN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM PST FOR LOS

ANGELES COUNTY EXCEPT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...



AT 210 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.



THIS WARNING IS FOR ALL AREAS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY INCLUDING SANTA 

CATALINA ISLAND...EXCEPT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.



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. MUD 

AND DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAR AND IN THE BURN 

AREA OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.



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.



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 3330 11845 3345 11859 3350 11859 3347 11846       

      3369 11831 3376 11845 3385 11841 3404 11850

      3405 11894 3424 11860 3482 11888 3439 11789

      3441 11766 3396 11783 3394 11795 3373 11813

      3369 11831 3347 11846 3334 11827 3329 11830

TIME...MOT...LOC 1011Z 180DEG 0KT 3413 11883



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