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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

150 AM PST WED DEC 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY...NORTHERN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

  AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING

  THE FOOTHILL AND CROWN BURN AREAS.



* UNTIL 445 AM PST



* AT 145 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH 

OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN THE FOOTHILLS

AND MOUNTAINS ABOVE THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND NORTHERN SAN FERNANDO

VALLEYS. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH PER

HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH SOME OF THESE SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL INTENSE

RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN AND BELOW THE MOUNTAINS AND

FOOTHILLS OVER THE NEXT THREE HOURS. THERE WILL ALSO BE MUD AND DEBRIS

FLOWS IN AND BENEATH THE BURN AREAS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE 

  FOOTHILL AND CROWN BURN AREAS. 



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

OXNARD.



LAT...LON 3426 11853 3417 11809 3437 11795 3450 11815

      3447 11848 3444 11851 3440 11853 3430 11855



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