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

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LOS ANGELES CA-VENTURA CA-
352 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 348 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN
PORTION OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AND THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR
IN THE MOUNTAINS. FLASH FLOODING AND MUD AND DEBRIS FLOW ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE 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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