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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

730 PM PST WED NOV 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST

  CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE PADUA BURN AREA



* UNTIL 930 PM PST



* AT 720 PM PST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND A FEW

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM LONG BEACH AND

  TORRANCE NORTH TO DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND EAST TO POMONA AND THE

  PADUA BURN AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED AND RAIN GAGE MEASURED RAINFALL

  RATES WERE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL

  RAINFALL IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES WAS AS HIGH AS 5.25 INCHES

  SINCE THIS AFTERNOON.  



* LOCATIONS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE COMPTON...

  DIAMOND BAR...DOWNEY...EAST LOS ANGELES...EL MONTE...HAWTHORNE...

  HUNTINGTON PARK...INGLEWOOD...LA PUENTE...DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...

  LYNWOOD...MONTEBELLO...MONTEREY PARK...NORWALK...POMONA...ROWLAND

  HEIGHTS...SOUTH SAN JOSE HILLS...TORRANCE...WALNUT...WEST COVINA   

  AND WHITTIER.



THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STANDING WATER ON ROADS THAT 

REACHES THE HEIGHT OF AUTOMOBILE DOOR HANDLES AND THOUSANDS OF 

STRANDED MOTORISTS. THOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED SOME SINCE 

630 PM...WITH SHOWERS CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP SOUTH OF LONG BEACH 

AND MOVING NORTH TOWARD SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LOS ANGELES 

COUNTY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY EXACERBATE AREAS ALREADY 

FLOODED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 

AREAS NEAR THE PADUA BURN AREA CAN EXPECT THE DANGER OF MUDSLIDES 

AND DEBRIS FLOW.



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 3422 11766 3396 11775 3381 11809 3381 11834

          3421 11824



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