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WGUS56 KLOX 281239

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

429 AM PST TUE DEC 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST VENTURA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 630 AM PST



* AT 420 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

AN AREA OF INTENSE RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH 

OF VENTURA COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN THE MOUNTAINS 

AND ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN. ALTHOUGH IT 

APPEARS THAT THE RAIN MAY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER THE NEXT COUPLE 

OF HOURS...VERY HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OVERNIGHT HAVE

SATURATED THE AREA...AND HAVE CAUSED STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE 

SHARPLY. THE ADDITIONAL INTENSE RAIN...WITH RATES OF UP TO AN INCH 

AND A HALF PER HOUR WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OVER THE TWO HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A 

POSSIBILITY IN COASTAL AREAS BELOW STEEP TERRAIN SUCH AS LA CONCHITA.



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 3463 11880 3418 11868 3430 11903 3426 11944

      3466 11943



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