000 TTAA00 KLAX 251845 COR CAZ035-036-038>041-044>047-052>054-059-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 1140 AM PDT THU SEP 25 1997 ...TROPICAL STORM NORA IS APPROACHING THE UNITED STATES... ...RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE SOUTHLAND... AT 11 AM PDT...TROPICAL STORM NORA WAS LOCATED ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTH OF YUMA ARIZONA...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 28 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE MAIN EFFECT UPON THE SOUTHLAND...FROM NORA...CONTINUES TO BE RAINFALL. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT LIGHT RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED MODERATE SHOWERS...CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS LOS ANGELES...VENTURA AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES. THE MOST WIDESPREAD RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OVER VENTURA AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES. SOME RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE MIDNIGHT WERE: LOS ANGELES COUNTY: LOS ANGELES CIVIC CENTER................(.22) INCHES LONG BEACH..............................(.22) INCHES MILL CREEK SUMMIT.......................(.71) INCHES OPIDS CAMP (SAN GABRIEL RANGE)..........(.86) INCHES BIG ROCK MESA...........................(.16) INCHES SEPULVEDA DAM...........................(.24) INCHES VENTURA COUNTY: OXNARD..................................(.03) INCHES MOORPARK................................(.12) INCHES FAGAN CANYON............................(.18) INCHES IN GENERAL...RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY OF (1.00) TO (1.50) INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND (0.50) TO (0.75) INCHES IN COASTAL AREAS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO THE WEST IN VENTURA AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER$ RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. SEE LAXSPSSAN...PHXSPSPHX...AND RNOSPSLAS FOR NORA'S EFFECTS ON THE REST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. RAT