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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

740 PM PDT TUE OCT 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PIRU BURN AREA IN EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.



* AT 735 PM...SULPHUR MOUNTAIN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF HEAVY

  RAIN MOVING THROUGH MUCH OF VENTURA COUNTY...WITH THE LEADING EDGE 

  AFFECTING THE PIRU BURN AREA. AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES HAVE ALREADY 

  REPORTED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN OR 

  AROUND THE PIRU BURN AREA BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM. HOWEVER...RAINFALL 

  RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS THE HIGHER

  TERRAIN OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL VENTURA COUNTY. THESE VERY HIGH RAINFALL 

  RATES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE PIRU BURN AREA BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM...

  WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO LINGER UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.



* LOCATIONS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE AREAS IN 

  OR BELOW THE PIRU BURN AREA.



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 3460 11880 3444 11871 3437 11895 3456 11903



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