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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  
1143 PM PDT FRI MAR 29 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...  
 
* UNTIL 300 AM PDT.  
 
* AT 1143 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED  
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN SPREADING  
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1  
INCH IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES ARE ONGOING OR  
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.  
 
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN  
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS  
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
SANTA YNEZ, SOLVANG, EL CAPITAN STATE BEACH, REFUGIO STATE BEACH,  
HIGHWAY 101 THROUGH GAVIOTA STATE PARK, LAKE CACHUMA AND HIGHWAY  
154 OVER SAN MARCOS PASS, AS WELL AS THE ALISAL BURN SCAR.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES ARE  
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS  
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3460 12016 3472 12006 3472 11996 3459 11987  
3442 11994 3447 12023 3450 12023  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR  
 

 
 
COHEN/BRUNO  
 
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