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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

300 PM PDT SAT JUL 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 430 PM PDT



* AT 246 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHING FROM JUST EAST OF    

  PEARBLOSSOM...NORTH TOWARD SADDLEBACK BUTTE IN THE EASTERN         

  ANTELOPE VALLEY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 1.5 TO 2 INCH HOURLY      

  RAINFALL RATES IN THE AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 138 AND 18 EAST OF        

  PEARBLOSSOM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE         

  NORTH-NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE AREAS ALONG  

  AND JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 138 AND 18 TOWARD LAKE LOS ANGELES AND   

  SADDLEBACK BUTTE STATE PARK



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

OXNARD.



LAT...LON 3482 11767 3444 11765 3447 11778 3482 11795



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