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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Los Angeles, CA

December 6, 1997Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 6, 1997, 9:00 PM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 6, 1997, 9:00 PM PST (05:00 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 1997, 11:00 PM PST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area
Whole counties

County Los Angeles County, CA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLAX 070505
FFWLAX
CAC037-070700-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
900 PM PST SAT DEC 6 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM PST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
 
   ...THE EASTERN VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...
   
AT 855 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES
COUNTY WITH RAINFALL OF 0.50 TO 1.00 INCH PER HOUR. RADAR INDICATED
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER WHITTIER...HACIENDA HEIGHTS...AND LA
PUENTE. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND IS 
LIKELY TO LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 11 PM.

FLOOD WATERS CAN EASILY SWEEP MOTOR VEHICLES DOWNSTREAM EVEN IF
THEY ARE FLOWING SLOWLY. IF YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE IS OVERTAKEN BY 
FLOOD WATERS...ABANDON IT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND ON FOOT.

FOLLOW DIRECTIONS OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS AND EVACUATE
IF REQUESTED TO DO SO. PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO MOVE IMMEDIATELY...WITHOUT WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS...
IF HEAVY FLOWS OF WHATER OR DEBRIS ARE OBSERVED IN THEIR AREA.

MARTIN

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, Dec 6, 4:22 PM PST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-PZZ650-655-670-673-676-070130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
430 PM PST SAT DEC 6 1997

FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL WARNINGS...WATCHES AND ADVISORIES
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE FORECAST AREA COVERED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD CALIFORNIA

...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM
   HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

      EAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL
      INNER WATERS POINT MUGU TO SAN MATEO POINT
      POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO POINT ARGUELLO AND OUT 60 NM
      POINT ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND AND OUT 60 NM
      OUTER WATERS SANTA CRUZ ISL TO MEXICAN BORDER...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR THE
   MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTH COAST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE MOUNTAINS
   OF VENTURA COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF
   LOS ANGELES COUNTY AS WELL AS THE COASTAL AREAS NEAR MALIBU...

...A HEAVY SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN
   CALIFORNIA COAST FROM PIEDRAS BLANCAS SOUTHWARD TOTHE MEXICAN
   BORDER...

STOCKTON

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.