FLASH: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
205 PM PDT MON OCT 17 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

* UNTIL 245 PM PDT

* AT 200 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA CLARITA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
NORTH OF MONTEREY PARK...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ACTON BY 210 PM PDT
9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CASTAIC LAKE BY 240 PM PDT

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

HAIL UP TO 1.40 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ARCADIA WITH
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3421 11825 3431 11807 3505 11831 3481 11889
3442 11863

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JACOBSON/WOFFORD





EDIS-10-17-05 1408 PDT