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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

945 PM PDT TUE OCT 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...INCLUDING

  THE PIRU...FOOTHILL...CROWN...AND PADUA BURN AREAS.



* UNTIL 330 AM PDT.



* AT 935 PM PDT...SULPHUR MOUNTAIN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF

  HEAVY RAIN OVER VENTURA AND WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTIES.

  FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS 

  SEVERAL VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAIN OBSERVING SITES. RAINFALL RATES

  OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE WARNING

  AREA...WITH LOCAL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OVERNIGHT.

  THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ON TOP OF RAIN SOAKED GROUNDS WILL CREATE

  FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR FLASH FLOODING...INCLUDING MUD AND DEBRIS

  FLOWS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL SHIFT INTO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS

  OVERNIGHT...WITH THE RAIN BAND EXPECTED TO BE VERY SLOW MOVING. STORM

  TOTALS UP TO TEN INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA

  AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE THE PIRU...

  FOOTHILL...CROWN...AND PADUA BURN AREAS.



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 3446 11766 3414 11768 3451 11941 3488 11944



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