[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Flash Flood Warning - SW LA Co.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 900 PM PDT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL  CREEKS AND STREAMS... URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. &&

Instruction:
 * AT 725 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED  TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.  WHILE RAINFALL RATES HAVE DROPPED OFF SOMEWHAT... SIGNIFICANT FLOODING  HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS IN THE TOPANGA CANYON AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING. ELSEWHERE...THE RAIN WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IN WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY INCLUDING THE  101 FREEWAY FROM WOODLAND HILLS THROUGH RESEDA AND ON PACIFIC COAST  HIGHWAY FROM MALIBU TO PACIFIC PALISADES. ROCK SLIDES AND MUD SLIDES  ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND CANYON ROADS THROUGH THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

Affected Counties or parts of: Los Angeles

Sent: 2011-03-20T19:33:52-07:00

Original Sender: KLOX@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

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