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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

446 PM PDT SAT JUL 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 645 PM PDT



* AT 445 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...OR FROM 26 

  MILES NORTHWEST OF OJAI TO 20 MILES NORTH OF SANTA BARBARA. THE 

  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THE HIGHER TERRAIN

  AND CAMPGROUNDS OF EAST CENTRAL SANTA BARBARA COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

OXNARD.



LAT...LON 3484 11945 3478 11973 3464 11979 3466 11946



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