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WGUS76 KLOX 260727

FFSLOX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

1127 PM PST TUE NOV 25 2008



CAC083-260800-

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

SANTA BARBARA CA-

1127 PM PST TUE NOV 25 2008



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

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST...



AT 1120 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

HAS MOVED OUT OF THE TEA BURN AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE 

WHICH MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN THE BURN AREA 

UNTIL MIDNIGHT. 



EARLIER THIS EVENING...LOCAL OFFICIALS 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 0721Z 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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