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Statement as of 1:08 PM PST on December 20, 2010
The National Weather Service in Oxnard has issued an
* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for...
southern and central Los Angeles County in southwest
California... this includes the cities of... Tujunga...
Sunland... Sierra Madre... Lake View Terrace... La Crescenta... La
Canada/Flintridge... Monterey Park... downtown Los Angeles... Long
Beach... Diamond Bar... Acton...
* until 400 PM PST
* at 100 PM PST... rain gauges and Doppler radar indicated an area of
moderate to locally heavy rainfall over much of Los Angeles
County. Rainfall rates around one quarter of an inch per hour are
expected to continue into at least through the afternoon... with up
to around one half of an inch per hour likely in the mountains
and foothills... especially in the San Gabriel range. This area
covers recent burn areas... including the station burn area.
Minor mud and debris flows are possible with such
rainfall intensities... especially in and around the recent burn
areas. Ponding of low lying roadways should be expected.