[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Flash Flood Warning - Santa Barbara Back Country

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 845 PM PDT  * AT 528 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. A HIGHLY  PERSISTENT AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR PINE MOUNTAIN IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IS PRODUCING RADAR RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR.  * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIG PINE MOUNTAIN AND TRIBUTARIES TO THE UPPER SANTA YNEZ RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL  CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS... AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. &&

Instruction:
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE  ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

Affected Counties or parts of: Santa Barbara

Sent: 2011-09-13T17:45:50-07:00

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

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

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