USGS-landslides.20060327T182752 pgori@usgs.gov 20060327T182752.000Z Actual Alert Public en-US Geo Flash Flood and Debris Flow Watch for Recently Burned Areas in Southern California Expected Severe Likely cannon@usgs.gov Flash Flood and Debris Flow Watch for Recently Burned Areas in Southern California At 9:59 am PST on Monday, March 27, the National Weather Service issued a Watch for flash flood and debris flows from areas of Ventura and Los Angeles Counties burned in 2005. These include the School Canyon, Topanga, Harvard, Tovey and Gorman Fires. Rainfall rates could reach one half to three quarters of an inch per hour; these rates exceed USGS rainfall thresholds for flash floods and debris flows from recently burned areas. Residents or persons with interests near and especially downstream of the burned areas should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take protective action should flash flood warnings be issued. For more information on what to do if you live near a recently burned area, and more information on post-fire debris flow flows: http://landslides.usgs.gov/research/wildfire south western California, including Ventura and Los Angeles Counties