Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Los Angeles, CA

Issued

Jul 28, 1996, 3:35 PM PDT (22:35 UTC)

Expired

Jul 28, 1996, 5:30 PM PDT

In force

115 min

Issued by

NWS Los Angeles, CA

Area

Whole counties

County San Bernardino County, CA

The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KLAX 282238
FFWLAX
CAC065-071-290030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
335 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY
   ...SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
 
...SPECIFICALLY THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING COVERS THE MORONGO INDIAN
RESERVATION AND VICINITY...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. AT 330 PM A LARGE...
THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE SAN BERNADINO MOUNTAINS NEAR
THE MORONGO INDIAN RESERVATION. RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING
...WITH ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OVER 1.5 INCH PER HOUR...WHICH WILL LIK
 CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND CANYONS IN THE AREA.
 
 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
DANIELSON

In the hours before

CAZ013-018-019-280000-

SPECIAL WATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
115 PM PDT SUN JUL 28 1996

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

AT 112 PM PDT...RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA INDICATED THAT WIDESPREAD
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS BREAKING OUT OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER
THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS...THE SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS...AND OVER THE
MOUNTAINS OF SAN DIEGO NEAR THE MEXICAN BORDER. A THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO
LOCATED OVER THE MOJAVE DESERT JUST NORTH OF WRIGHTWOOD. WHILE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL TEND TO DEVELOP FIRST OVER THE MOUNTAINS...UPPER
LEVEL WINDS WILL TEND TO BLOW THESE STORMS AWAY FROM COASTAL VALLEYS
AND INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS.

AT 100 PM...A SPOTTER NEAR BIG BEAR IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS
REPORTED HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY
WINDS FROM A STORM IN THAT AREA. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.

PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH OR PLANNING ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THE
MOUNTAINS TODAY SHOULD BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SEEK
SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND AVOID STREAMS AND GULLEYS WHICH
ARE PRONE TO RAPID FLOODING.

DANIELSON

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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