Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 24, 1995, 9:05 PM PST for Santa Barbara County, California. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 1995, 9:05 PM PST (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 1995, 9:00 AM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Santa Barbara County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jan 24, 4:06 PM PST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
CAZ003-004-015-022-023-250800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SANTA MARIA, CA
400 PM PST TUE JAN 24 1995
...RAIN CONTINUES IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...
AT 330 PM SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED THAT A LARGE AREA OF RAIN SOUTH
OF THE SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL WAS HEADED STRAIGHT TOWARD THE SANTA
BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST. THIS RAIN IS FORECAST TO SPREAD OVER
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO FALL FROM GAVIOTA EASTWARD TO SANTA BARBARA AND
CARPENTERIA.
A NUMBER OF ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO THE RAIN TODAY. THEY ARE...
HIGHWAY 1 NORTH OF CAYUCOS
HIGHWAY 41 BETWEEN MORRO BAY AND ATASCADERO
HIGHWAY 1 SOUTH OF LOMPOC
HIGHWAY 135 NORTH OF LOS ALAMOS
A PRIVATE METEOROLOGIST REPORTED THAT VOLUNTEER EVACUATIONS WERE
IN EFFECT FOR RESIDENTS OF A MOBILE HOME PARK IN MORRO BAY.
3 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ENDING AT 3 PM ARE AS FOLLOWS:
SAN LUIS OBISPO 1.10
LOS OSOS 0.71
SAN MARCOS PASS 0.83
ALISAL RESERVOIR 1.14
SANTA BARBARA 0.51
GIBRALTAR RESERVOIR 0.98
OLD MAN MOUNTAIN 0.63
SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURA,TED, ANY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE RUNOFF.
STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN RISE QUICKLY EVEN WITH MODERATE RAINFALL
RATES. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA, STAY ALERT AND FOLLOW
DIRECTIONS OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS.
SARGEANTSpecial weather statement, Jan 24, 4:44 PM PST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
CAZ003-004-015-022-023-250800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SANTA MARIA, CA
430 PM PST TUE JAN 24 1995
...RAIN CONTINUES IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...
AT 430 PM VANDENBERG DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY RAIN SHOWER WAS
MOVING OVER MORRO BAY IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE MORRO BAY AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
A PRIVATE METEOROLOGIST REPORTED THAT MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE
IN EFFECT FOR RESIDENTS OF A MOBILE HOME PARK IN MORRO BAY.
A NUMBER OF ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO THE RAIN TODAY. THEY ARE...
HIGHWAY 41 BETWEEN MORRO BAY AND ATASCADERO
HIGHWAY 1 SOUTH OF LOMPOC
HIGHWAY 135 NORTH OF LOS ALAMOS
24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ENDING AT 4 PM ARE AS FOLLOWS:
SAN LUIS OBISPO 2.95
LOS OSOS 3.03
SAN MARCOS PASS 4.96
ALISAL RESERVOIR 4.21
SANTA BARBARA 2.72
GIBRALTAR RESERVOIR 6.34
OLD MAN MOUNTAIN 7.28
SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED, ANY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE RUNOFF.
STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN RISE QUICKLY EVEN WITH MODERATE RAINFALL
RATES. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA, STAY ALERT AND FOLLOW
DIRECTIONS OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS.
SARGEANTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 9:05 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Ventura | 12 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:05 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Riverside, San Diego | 12 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:00 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara, Ventura | 6 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.