THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 830 PM PDT * AT 517 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. PERSISTENT DOPPLER RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH WERE FALLING NEAR PINE MOUNTAIN IN THE LA PANZA RANGE. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. ROADWAYS THREATENED INCLUDE POZO ROAD... HIGHWAY 58 AND NEARBY INTERSECTING RURAL ROADS 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:
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
Affected Counties or parts of: San Luis Obispo
Sent: 2011-09-13T17:34:07-07:00
Original Sender: KLOX@nwws.oes.ca.gov
From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
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