Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 1995, 9:35 PM PST for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 1995, 9:35 PM PST (05:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1995, 12:00 AM PST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Bernardino County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Edwards AFB, CA (KEDW), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLAX 060538 FFWLAX CAC065-071-060800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 935 PM PST SUN MAR 5 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE COASTAL SLOPES AND FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AND SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS EXTENDED TO MIDNIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE COASTAL SLOPES AND FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AND SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AT 915 PM...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WERE PRODUCING RUNOFFS ALONG THE COASTAL SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE ALREADY CLOSED SEVERAL ROADS IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA...YUCAIPA AND FOREST FALLS. SATTELITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT THE RAIN WILL NOT BEGIN TO TAPER OFF UNTIL NEAR MIDNIGHT. UNTIL THEN...RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF FLOODING IS ENCOUNTERED. IF YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE IS OVERTAKEN BY FLOOD WATERS...ABANDON IT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND ON FOOT. REMEMBER...IN ADDITION TO FLOODING...MUDSLIDES AND LANDSLIDES ARE A POSSIBILY ALONG STEEPER TERRAIN. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS AND EVACUHATE IF REQUESTED TO DO SO. PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE IMMEDIATELY...WITHOUT WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS...IF HEAVY FLOWS OF WATER...OR DEBRIS ARE OBSERVED IN THEIR AREA. RORKE
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, Mar 5, 6:25 PM PST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
CAZ003-004-015-022-023-060600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SANTA MARIA, CA
625 PM PST SUN MAR 5 1995
...RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST...
AT 6 PM SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR DATA INDICATED THAT THE LAST
AREA OF MODERATE RAIN IS MOVING OVER THE AREA NOW AND A BREAK IN THE
RAIN IS EXPECTED. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS STILL BEING REPORTED
ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
A WEATHER SPOTTER IN CUYAMA AT 6 PM REPORTED HEAVY RAIN A SOME STREET
FLOODING. THIS SAME SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED THAT CALTRANS HAS CLOSED
PARTS OF HIGHWAY 166 DUE TO FLOODING. HIGHWAY 166 IS DANGEROUS TO
TRAVEL ON DUE TO THE FLOODING AND ASSOCIATED FOG.
SOME 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS ENDING AT 4 PM INCLUDE...
OLD MAN MOUNTAIN 2.60 INCHES
LOPEZ LAKE 1.65
SAN LUIS OBISPO 1.34
SAN MARCOS PASS 2.28
SANTA BARBARA 2.01
PASO ROBLES 1.01
LOMPOC 1.54
SANTA MARIA 1.42
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION ON WET ROADWAYS TONIGHT.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE
IN FRONT OF YOU. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
EVANSSpecial weather statement, Mar 5, 6:26 PM PST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
CAZ003-004-015-022-023-060600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SANTA MARIA, CA
625 PM PST SUN MAR 5 1995
...RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST...
AT 6 PM SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR DATA INDICATED THAT THE LAST
AREA OF MODERATE RAIN IS MOVING OVER THE AREA NOW AND A BREAK IN THE
RAIN IS EXPECTED. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS STILL BEING REPORTED
ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
A WEATHER SPOTTER IN CUYAMA AT 6 PM REPORTED HEAVY RAIN A SOME STREET
FLOODING. THIS SAME SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED THAT CALTRANS HAS CLOSED
PARTS OF HIGHWAY 166 DUE TO FLOODING. HIGHWAY 166 IS DANGEROUS TO
TRAVEL ON DUE TO THE FLOODING AND ASSOCIATED FOG.
SOME 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS ENDING AT 4 PM INCLUDE...
OLD MAN MOUNTAIN 2.60 INCHES
LOPEZ LAKE 1.65
SAN LUIS OBISPO 1.34
SAN MARCOS PASS 2.28
SANTA BARBARA 2.01
PASO ROBLES 1.01
LOMPOC 1.54
SAxNTA MARIA 1.42
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION ON WET ROADWAYS TONIGHT.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE
IN FRONT OF YOU. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
EVANSSpecial weather statement, Mar 5, 6:34 PM PST, 3 hours 1 minute before
CAZ003-004-015-022-023-060600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SANTA MARIA, CA
625 PM PST SUN MAR 5 1995
...RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST...
AT 6 PM SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR DATA INDICATED THAT THE LAST
AREA OF MODERATE RAIN IS MOVING OVER THE AREA NOW AND A BREAK IN THE
RAIN IS EXPECTED. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS STILL BEING REPORTED
ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
A WEATHER SPOTTER IN CUYAMA AT 6 PM REPORTED HEAVY RAIN A SOME STREET
FLOODING. THIS SAME SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED THAT CALTRANS HAS CLOSED
PARTS OF HIGHWAY 166 DUE TO FLOODING. HIGHWAY 166 IS DANGEROUS TO
TRAVEL ON DUE TO THE FLOODING AND ASSOCIATED FOG.
SOME 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS ENDING AT 4 PM INCLUDE...
OLD MAN MOUNTAIN 2.60 INCHES
LOPEZ LAKE 1.65
SAN LUIS OBISPO 1.34
SAN MARCOS PASS 2.28
SANTA BARBARA 2.01
PASO ROBLES 1.01
LOMPOC 1.54
SANTA MARIA 1.42
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION ON WET ROADWAYS TONIGHT.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE
IN FRONT OF YOU. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
EVANSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 9:35 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Riverside | 2 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:35 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:35 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Riverside | 3 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.