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WGUS86 KLOX 302226
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CAZ041-044-045-047-053-054-302300-

FLOOD STATEMENT   
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
220 PM PST SAT NOV 30 2002

...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM PST
   FOR LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS...
   AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST...

A FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS
OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...ALONG WITH THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY COAST...UNTIL 300 PM TODAY. AT 215 PM...SULPHUR MOUNTAIN
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ACROSS EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY NEAR SIMI VALLEY...AND THE SAN
GABRIEL VALLEY NEAR PASADENA AND ARCADIA. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR INGLEWOOD AND GARDENA...ALONG INTERSTATE
110.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY INTENSE RAINFALL
RATES...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND SMALL HAIL.  THE STORMS HAVE
BEEN VERY SLOW MOVING...RESULTING IN RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR...CREATING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR STREET FLOODING.
THE FLOOD ADVISORY WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  

AN ADVISORY MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IN THE FORECAST...
BUT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIFE-THREATENING. IT IS GENERALLY IN THE
FORM OF STREET FLOODING OR LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS FIELDS OR 
UNDERPASSES. RESIDENTS MUST STILL USE GOOD JUDGEMENT AND AVOID
FLOODED AREAS.

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GOMBERG