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WGUS76 KLOX 260637

FFSLOX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

1037 PM PST TUE NOV 25 2008



CAC083-260700-

/O.CON.KLOX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-081126T0700Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

SANTA BARBARA CA-

1037 PM PST TUE NOV 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEA BURN AREA IN 

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM PST...



AT 1025 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE TEA BURN

AREA. THIS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS 

FLOWS IN THE BURN AREA LATE THIS EVENING. 



LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED LARGE ROCKS AND MUD ON PARTS OF 

HIGHWAY 192 AND MOUNTAIN DRIVE IN THE VICINITY OF WESTMONT COLLEGE.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS. IF FLASH FLOODING OR 

DEBRIS FLOWS ARE OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.



LAT...LON 3447 11970 3447 11965 3443 11964 3443 11971

TIME...MOT...LOC 0624Z 180DEG 0KT 3445 11967



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MORE INFORMATION FROM THE USGS ON DEBRIS FLOWS AND THEIR IMPACTS CAN 

BE FOUND AT HTTP://LANDSLIDES.USGS.GOV/RESEARCH/WILDFIRE (ALL 

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