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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

1230 AM PST THU FEB 26 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 400 AM PST



* AT 1220 AM 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 EARLIER 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. AS OF MIDNIGHT...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY 

  FALLEN ACROSS THE BURN AREA. WITH CURRENT HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 

  ONE THIRD TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR...ADDITIONAL FLASH

  FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH 4 AM.



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

  MOORPARK...PIRU...SANTA PAULA...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 OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS AND 

EVACUATE IF REQUESTED TO DO SO. PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD 

BE PREPARED TO MOVE IMMEDIATELY...WITHOUT WAITING FOR 

INSTRUCTIONS...IF HEAVY FLOWS OF WATER OR DEBRIS ARE OBSERVED IN 

THEIR AREA.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

OXNARD.



LAT...LON 3459 11878 3427 11864 3424 11918 3454 11912



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