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WGUS66 KLOX 191719
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CAC037-079-083-111-192330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
930 AM PST THU DEC 19 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR
   SAN LUIS OBISPO...SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA...AND LOS ANGELES
   COUNTIES...

THERE IS NO FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING NOW. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS
FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL COAST
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SPREADING TO THE LOS ANGELES BASIN
TONIGHT. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING A SOLID BAND OF 
RAINFALL FOR A 6 TO 8 HOUR TIME PERIOD. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY
AT TIMES...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. VERY INTENSE 
RAINFALL RATES WILL BE LIKELY...POSSIBLY EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER 
HOUR IN SOME FAVORED LOCATIONS. 

DUE TO THE HEAVIER RAINFALL EARLIER IN THE WEEK...GROUNDS HAVE BECOME
QUITE SATURATED. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ON TOP OF
ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL POSE A SERIOUS RUNOFF THREAT. AREAS
UNDER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS STREET FLOODING. THE BURN AREAS
IN LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO
FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDE POTENTIAL.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED OR FLOODING IS ENCOUNTERED. 

$$ 

WOFFORD