380 FPUS76 KLOX 270835 NOWLOX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1235 AM PST THU FEB 27 2014 CAZ040-044-045-053-271045- VENTURA COUNTY COAST-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING...VENTURA...OXNARD...CAMARILLO...SANTA PAULA... FILLMORE...OJAI...PIRU...THOUSAND OAKS...NEWBURY PARK... MOORPARK...SIMI VALLEY...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS 1235 AM PST THU FEB 27 2014 .NOW... A BAND OF SHOWERS BETWEEN OJAI AND ANACAPA ISLAND WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES WITH THIS RAIN-BAND WAS BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND A THIRD OF AN INCH. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITH THIS BAND. MODERATE RAIN FOLLOWING A LONG DRY SPELL CAUSES A FILM OF DIRT...GAS AND OIL TO ACCUMULATE ON THE ROAD...CREATING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS.RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY CAN PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. REDUCE SPEED TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. $$ KAPLAN