Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Los Angeles, CA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES CA
2 AM PST WED FEB 19 1986

      ...RAIN INCREASES IN THE OJAI AREA...

AN INCREASINGLY MOIST WEST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IS WORKING ITS
WAY GRADUALLY SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING..AND
OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN WILL AFFECT MOST COASTAL AND MOUNTAIN AREAS..
REACHING TO SAN DIEGO AREA LATE IN THE DAY.  THE RAIN IS STRONGLY
AFFECTED BY THE COASTAL TERRAIN..AND MODERATE RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED
IN THE OJAI AREA OF WESTERN VENTURA COUNTY WITH OVER HALF AN INCH IN
THE 3 HOURS UP UNTIL 2AM THIS MORNING.  RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE AT ABOUT
THE SAME RATES IN THAT AREA FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS WITH OCCASIONAL
RAIN CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY.

SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOULD REACH THE LOS ANGELES AREA BY SUNRISE THIS
MORNING.  A WEAK DISTURBANCE NOW ABOUT 800 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
LOS ANGELES IS MOVING QUITE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE COAST..AND MAY MAKE
THE FRONT A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE LATE TODAY OR EARLY TONIGHT AS IT
MOVES INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. RAIN WILL TURN TO SCATTERED SHOWERS
THURSDAY BEHIND THE FRONT.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED BETWEEN NOW AND THURSDAY MORNING WILL
AVERAGE FROM ABOUT HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH IN THE COASTAL AREAS WITH
UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE STRONG LIFTING BY THE
COASTAL MOUNTAINS..AND THE WHEELER BURN AREA NEAR OJAI WILL PROBABLY
HAVE NEAR 3 INCHES WITH THE STORM.  THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE NEAR
8000 FEET.  SOUTH WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 20 TO 40 MPH IN THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING WITH LOCAL STRONGER GUSTS..AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH WINDS TO 30 MPH LIKELY
IN THE NORTHERN DESERTS.

ALL AREAS WILL BE COOLING A LITTLE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

HAMILTON