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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA

February 14, 1986Los Angeles County, Ventura County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Feb 14, 1986, 7:45 PM PST for Los Angeles County, Ventura County, California. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 14, 1986, 7:45 PM PST (03:45 UTC)
Expired: Feb 14, 1986, 10:00 PM PST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Los Angeles County, CA, Ventura County, CA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 14, 1:59 PM PST, 5 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 14, 5:30 PM PST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SANTA MARIA CA
530 PM PST FRI FEB 14 1986

             UPDATE ON WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND
NORTHERN                              SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES

AS OF 5PM FRIDAY EVENING THE FOLLOWING WATCHES..WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT OVER THE 2 COUNTIES...

--FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WESTERN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INCLUDING THE
COASTAL RANGE AND ESPECIALLY THE LAS PILITAS BURN AREA..THROUGH 9AM
SATURDAY MORNING.
--FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOUNTAINS AND COASTAL SLOPES OF SOUTHERN SANTA
BARBARA COUNTY THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN AND ABOUT THE WATCH AREAS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP INFORMED AND BE
READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING OR EARTH MOVEMENT IS OBSERVED OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. MUDSLIDES AND URBAN STREET FLOODING ARE LIKELY IN THE
USUALLY PRONE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE 2 COUNTIES.

--HIGH WIND WARNING FOR COASTAL AND NEAR COASTAL PORTIONS OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO AND NORTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES FOR GUSTY SOUTHERLY TO 55 MPH
THROUGH THIS EARLY THIS EVENING.
--STORM WARNING FROM POINT PINOS TO POINT CONCEPTION AND OUT 60 MILES
FOR GUSTY, SOUTHERLY WIND 40 TO 60 KNOTS THROUGH TONIGHT.
--HEAVY SURF ADVISORY..MAINLY FOR WEST FACING BEACHES..IN SOUTHERN SANTA
BARBARA COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.

SMITH

Special weather statement, Feb 14, 7:22 PM PST, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES CA
720 PM PST FRI FEB 14 1986

       ...SQUALL LINE MOVES INTO LOS ANGELES BASIN...

AT 7 PM THIS FRIDAY EVENING...RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN
WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE LOS ANGELES BASIN TO
SOUTHWEST OF SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH LIGHTNING AND THUNDER HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED DURING THE PAST HOUR.

THE LINE IS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STORM IS AFFECTING OTHER PARTS OF THE SOUTHLAND...AND AS OF 7 PM...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS HIGHLIGHTED...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WHEELER BURN AREA OF VENTURA COUNTY UNTIL
10 PM.

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES COVERING SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...VENTURA
COUNTY...THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT COMMUNITIES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
AND THE REMAINDER OF THE COASTAL SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS...THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST KERN COUNTY.  WINDS ARE CURRENTLY GUSTING TO
75 MILES AN HOUR AT LAGUNA PEAK IN VENTURA COUNTY AND WERE UP TO
60 MILES AN HOUR EARLIER THIS EVENING AT SANDBERG NEAR THE GRAPEVINE
AND AT PALMDALE IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.

TRAVELERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO EXPECT GUSTY WINDS WITH BLOWING
DUST AND SAND IN THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTHERN DESERTS AND OWENS
VALLEY.

A HEAVY SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LARGE BREAKERS DEVELOPING ALONG
WEST FACING BEACHES FROM 8 TO 12 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS TO 16 FEET.

AND FINALLY...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT OVER THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS
WHILE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER THE INNER COASTAL
WATERS.

NOT A GOOD WEATHER NIGHT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

BOB GREBE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 14, 10:00 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Los Angeles, Ventura	2 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.