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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

900 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 1230 AM PST



* AT 855 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 THIS EVENING IN 

  SIMI VALLEY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 118 NEAR YOSEMITE AVENUE. MUD AND     

  DEBRIS FLOWS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE HAPPY CAMP AREA OF     

  MOORPARK...AND ALONG GRIMES CANYON ROAD BETWEEN SIMI VALLEY AND    

  FILLMORE. THESE MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS OCCURRED IN ASSOCIATION WITH  

  HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONLY ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. 

  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH TO AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL   

  OCCUR BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT.



* 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 3456 11877 3428 11863 3426 11884 3431 11890

          3429 11912 3436 11906 3438 11889 3450 11898

          3458 11892



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