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WGUS76 KLOX 130025

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

517 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2008



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LOS ANGELES CA-

517 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM PDT FOR EAST 

CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY INCLUDING THE EASTERN ANTELOPE VALLEY AND

EASTERN SAN GABRIELS...



AT 515 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN 

ANTELOPE VALLEY...EAST OF THE COMMUNITIES OF PEARBLOSSOM AND LAKE LOS

ANGELES...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 138. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS EXTENDED 

SOUTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN SAN GABRIELS...INCLUDING PINON HILLS AND

FALLING SPRINGS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY

TO THE SOUTHWEST...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE NORTHEAST

INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.



A WEATHER SPOTTER HAS REPORTED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS

NEAR PINON HILLS AND VALYERMO BETWEEN 430 PM AND 5 PM. DOPPLER RADAR

HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE WARNING

AREA...LIKELY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



LAT...LON 3422 11764 3422 11765 3425 11785 3454 11783

      3457 11767 3456 11764 3451 11765 3449 11763

      3434 11764 3433 11762



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