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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

339 PM PDT THU JUL 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 515 PM PDT



* AT 335 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ON THE NORTH SLOPES OF THE 

SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUYAMA. RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS REGION SINCE 

230 PM. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING NORTHWEST ABOUT 10 MPH WITH ANOTHER 

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING BEHIND IT.



* LOCATIONS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE CUYAMA AS 

WELL AS STREAMS AND CANYONS FLOWING OUT OF THE SIERRA MADRE 

MOUNTAINS TOWARD HIGHWAY 166.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3487 11946 3475 11944 3481 11969 3496 11970



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