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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

600 PM PST WED FEB 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR...

  THE BURN AREAS OF VENTURA COUNTY NEAR FILLMORE...MOORPARK AND

  SIMI VALLEY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 900 PM PST



* AT 555 PM PST...SULPHUR MOUNTAIN DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW

  HEAVY RAIN OVER AND TO THE SOUTH OF VENTURA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST.

  MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SIMI VALLEY NORTH OF 

  HIGHWAY 118 NEAR YOSEMITE AVENUE. ANOTHER REPORT WAS RECEIVED OF   

  MUD AND DEBRIS FLOW IN THE HAPPY CAMP AREA OF MOORPARK. THESE      

  MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS OCCURRED WITH ONLY HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF   

  ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF   

  ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.



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

  PIRU...MOORPARK AND SIMI VALLEY.



THE GROUND IS ALREADY AT OR NEAR SATURATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 

MUDSLIDES COULD BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS 

LIVING IN OR ADJACENT TO STEEP TERRAIN SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR ANY LAND

MOVEMENT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS 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 OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

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 3458 11879 3428 11865 3427 11914 3456 11900



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