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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

900 AM PDT WED OCT 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST           

  CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE CROWN AND PADUA BURN AREAS.



* UNTIL NOON PDT



* AT 855 AM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE   

  TO HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE LOS 

  ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS. SOME LOCATIONS IN THIS AREA HAVE ALREADY 

  RECEIVED 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS.          

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH NOON OF ONE HALF INCH TO TWO INCHES IS 

  LIKELY AND WILL EXACERBATE ANY ONGOING FLOODING AND THE POTENTIAL  

  FOR MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND BELOW THE CROWN AND PADUA BURN     

  AREAS.



* LOCATIONS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE BIG          

  PINES...FALLING SPRINGS AND MOUNT BALDY...AND AREAS IN AND BELOW   

  THE 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.



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

MUDSLIDES COULD BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS 

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

MOVEMENT.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

OXNARD.



LAT...LON 3441 11764 3414 11769 3426 11836 3450 11816



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