000 WGUS56 KLOX 190257 FFWLOX CAC037-190500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 700 PM PST FRI FEB 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA * UNTIL 900 PM PST * AT 700 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS THROUGH THE BURBANK AREA...NORTH IN THE CENTRAL SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE VERDUGO HILLS...LA TUNA CANYON...BIG AND LITTLE TUJUNGA CANYONS AND BOULDER CANYON. SHOWERS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS...PROMPTING THE CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA SINCE ABOUT 230 PM. * THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER THE BURBANK...SUN VALLEY...SUNLAND AND TUJUNGA AREAS AS WELL AS THE STEEP TERRAIN BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 14 AND 2 IN THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS THROUGH 700 PM. HIGH VOLUME TRAVEL ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATES 5 AND 210 BETWEEN THE SAN GABRIEL AND SAN FERNANDO VALLEYS AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 170 NORTH OF HOLLYWOOD WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. THESE AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR AND PERIODS OF SMALL HAIL THROUGH 9 PM. NUMEROUS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. PEOPLE LIVING IN OR DRIVING THROUGH AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR MUD AND ROCK SLIDES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3418 11839 3416 11824 3436 11818 3442 11839 $$ MOYER/GOMBERG