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<cap:alert xmlns:cap="http://www.incident.com/cap/1.0">
  <identifier>USGS-landslides.20081215T171057</identifier>
  <sender>jegartner@usgs.gov</sender>
  <sent>20081215T171057.000Z</sent>
  <status>Actual</status>
  <msgType>Alert</msgType>
  <scope>Public</scope>
  <info>
    <language>en-US</language>
    <category>Geo</category>
    <event>Flash Flood Warning</event>
    <urgency>Immediate</urgency>
    <severity>Severe</severity>
    <certainty>Very Likely</certainty>
    <senderName>Joseph Gartner</senderName>
    <headline>Flash Flood Warning for the Burned Areas in Santa Barbara County, California</headline>
    <description>At 12:21 AM, December, 15, 2008, the National Weather Service in Oxnard issued a Flash Flood Warnings for the areas burned by the Gap and Tea fires.  Locations in the warning include, but are not limited to, locations near and downstream of the burned areas burned by the Gap and Tea fires.   </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>Areas burned by the Gap and Tea Fires in Santa Barbara County, California</areaDesc>
    </area>
  </info>
</cap:alert>