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WGUS86 KLOX 200007
FLSLOX
CAC079-200200-

FLOOD ADVISORY 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
405 PM PST THU DEC 19 2002

...FLOOD ADVISORY ISSUED UNTIL 9 PM FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...

...FLOOD ADVISORY ISSUED UNTIL 11 PM FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
   CENTRAL COAST...
   
AT 4 PM...SATELLITE AND DOPPLER RADAR IMAGERY INDICATED A 
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL COAST. THIS COLD
FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE CENTRAL COAST THIS EVENING...
BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL
INTENSITIES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREAS
THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. RAINFALL RATES COULD
BECOME QUITE INTENSE AT TIMES...LOCALLY EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR.

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA ARE GENERALLY  
EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ACROSS LOWER
ELEVATIONS...AND TWO TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
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 A FLOOD ADVISORY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING...
AS WELL AS FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

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