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

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

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR LAKE HUGHES...ELIZABETH
LAKE AND LEONA VALLEY NEAR PALMDALE......

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

AT 544 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN BEGINNING TO MOVE
EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL
OVER THE AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN LIFE
THREATENING FLASH FLOODING AND EXTENSIVE DEBRIS FLOWS. THE FLOODING
AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH 645 PM
THIS EVENING.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR LAKE HUGHES...ELIZABETH LAKE AND
LEONA VALLEY NEAR PALMDALE. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE OCCURRING! FLASH FLOODING AND
DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE
MATERIALS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

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

&&

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

$$

SMITH
