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WGUS76 KLOX 222152

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

254 PM PDT THU MAY 22 2008



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LOS ANGELES CA-

254 PM PDT THU MAY 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM PDT FOR

CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY...



AT 239 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. RADARS WERE REPORTING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES PER 

HOUR AND A RAIN GAGE NEAR THE STORM REPORTED OVER HALF AN INCH OF 

RAIN IN ONLY 10 MINUTES...AND A GAGE NEAR SANTA FE DAM REPORTED OVER 

AN INCH OF RAIN IN ONLY 18 MINUTES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AZUSA...EL 

MONTE AND WEST COVINA.



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. IN ADDITION... 

POLICE OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED FLOODING OF EXIT RAMPS ALONG THE 

INTERSTATE 605



MANY 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 3415 11802 3416 11787 3405 11789 3399 11805

      3401 11810

TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 180DEG 0KT 3412 11795



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