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<cap:alert xmlns:cap="http://www.incident.com/cap/1.0">
  <identifier>USGS-landslides.20081126T163623</identifier>
  <sender>jegartner@usgs.gov</sender>
  <sent>20081126T163623.000Z</sent>
  <status>Actual</status>
  <msgType>Alert</msgType>
  <scope>Public</scope>
  <info>
    <language>en-US</language>
    <category>Geo</category>
    <event>Flash Flood Warning for Santa Barbara County</event>
    <urgency>Expected</urgency>
    <severity>Moderate</severity>
    <certainty>Possible</certainty>
    <senderName>Joseph Gartner</senderName>
    <headline>Flash Flood Warning for Santa Barbara County</headline>
    <description>At 10:58 PM, Nov. 25, 2008, the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for the area burned by the Tea Fire.  Areas potentially affected include the city of Montecito, highway 192 and Mountain Drive in the vicinity of Westmont College.  </description>
    <instruction>A flash flood warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.  If you are in the warning area, move to higher ground immediately.  Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property.  Do not attempt to cross swiftly flowing waters or waters of unknown depth by foot or by automobile.</instruction>
    <web>http://landslides.usgs.gov/research/wildfire</web>
    <contact>jegartner@usgs.gov</contact>
    <area>
      <areaDesc>Area burned by the Tea Fire in Santa Barbara County</areaDesc>
    </area>
  </info>
</cap:alert>