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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
800 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELED FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELED FOR SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA...AND LOS 
ANGELES COUNTIES...

...FLOOD ADVISORIES ISSUED FOR LOS ANGELES...VENTURA...AND SANTA 
BARBARA COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM TONIGHT...

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FOR THE SESPE CREEK 
   FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF FILLMORE TO THE SANTA CLARA RIVER     
   IN VENTURA COUNTY...

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FOR THE SANTA 
   CLARA RIVER FROM THE SESPE CREEK CONFLUENCE TO THE RIVER MOUTH    
   IN VENTURA COUNTY...
   
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE LOWER SANTA
   YNEZ RIVER BELOW LAKE CACHUMA INCLUDING LOMPOC AND VANDENBERG
   AIR FORCE BASE...

THE LAST ORGANIZED RAIN BAND MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER THIS 
MORNING...LEAVING BEHIND A MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. AS 
A RESULT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL DEVELOP 
TODAY ACROSS THE AREA...SOME POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF 
TIME. 

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS DECREASED...DUE TO THE 
EXCESSIVE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AND THE FACT 
THAT SEVERAL DAMS ARE SPILLING OVER...FLOODING IS STILL A STRONG 
POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION...ANY 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TODAY WILL LEAD TO QUICK 
FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...INCLUDING STREETS...INTERSECTIONS...AND 
HIGHWAYS. ALTHOUGH RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED EVERYWHERE TODAY...HEAVIER 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DROP A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT 
PERIOD OF TIME. AS A RESULT...FLOOD ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR 
ALL OF SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA...AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. 

AT 745 AM...DOPPLER RADARS DETECTED SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER SANTA 
BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES WERE 
REPORTING MOSTLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS...GENERALLY A TENTH OF 
AN INCH OR LESS IN THE LAST HOUR. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE SATURATED 
GROUND AND RIVERS THAT ARE RUNNING AT OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...EVEN 
THESE LIGHTER SHOWERS CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS...INCLUDING 
ADDITIONAL MUD AND ROCK SLIDES...DEBRIS FLOWS...AND URBAN FLOODING.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION TODAY. ALTHOUGH IT 
MAY APPEAR THAT THE STORM IS OVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS COUPLED WITH  
PRE-EXISTING RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES WILL STILL MAKE 
FOR VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. HEED THE WARNING SIGNS AND DO 
NOT CROSS THROUGH BARRICADED ROADS. DO NOT CROSS OVER FLOODED 
ROADWAYS AS EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF FLOWING WATER CAN BE EXTREMELY 
DANGEROUS.

***MAINSTEM RIVER INFORMATION***

A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM TODAY FOR THE 
SANTA CLARA RIVER FROM THE SESPE CREEK CONFLUENCE TO THE RIVER 
MOUTH...AS WELL AS THE SESPE CREEK FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF FILLMORE TO 
THE SANTA CLARA RIVER.

A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM TONIGHT FOR THE LOWER
SANTA YNEZ RIVER BELOW LAKE CACHUMA INCLUDING LOMPOC AND VANDENBERG
AIR FORCE BASE. RECENT HEAVY RAINS AS WELL AS A RELEASE OF WATER FROM
BRADBURY DAM WILL CAUSE THE LOWER SANTA YNEZ RIVER TO EXCEED FLOOD 
STAGE TODAY.

SEE THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNING PRODUCT (LAXFLWLOX) FOR MORE 
DETAILS ON THE MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING.

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WOFFORD