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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
419 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2015

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LOS ANGELES CA-VENTURA CA-
419 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM PDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LOS ANGELES AND NORTHEASTERN VENTURA COUNTIES...

AT 412 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS ON LAKE HUGHES...ELIZABETH LAKE...AND SAN
FRANCISQUITO CANYON ROADS...HIGHWAY 138...AND INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ADVISING PEOPLE TO REMAIN AWAY FROM THE AREA.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
AND DEBRIS FLOWS NEAR STEEP TERRAIN. THE FLOWS CAN CONSIST OF
ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
QUARTZ HILL...LAKE PALMDALE...LAKE HUGHES...ELIZABETH LAKE...HIGHWAY
138 BETWEEN QUAIL LAKE AND LANCASTER...GORMAN...DESERT VIEW
HIGHLANDS...PYRAMID LAKE...INTERSTATE 5 OVER THE GRAPEVINE AND
CASTAIC LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.

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LAT...LON 3455 11877 3482 11889 3482 11817 3453 11810

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HALL
