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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

140 AM PST TUE DEC 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEAST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA   THIS 

INCLUDES THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS.



* UNTIL 400 AM PST



* AT 129 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF INTENSE RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE

  SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL MOVING INTO THE SOUTH COAST OF SANTA 

  BARBARA COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES WITH THIS BAND

  INDICATED WERE BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF INCHES AND TWO INCHES

  PER HOUR. THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 

  SOUTHEASTERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF

  SANTA BARBARA THROUGH 400 AM PST. 



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3439 11948 3441 12003 3476 12002 3476 11945



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