Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Los Angeles, CA

December 6, 1997Ventura County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 6, 1997, 2:30 AM PST for Ventura County, California. It was in force for 60 min. 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, 2:30 AM PST (10:30 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 1997, 3:30 AM PST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area
Whole counties

County Ventura County, CA

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, Dec 5, 9:21 PM PST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-060700-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
900 PM PST FRI DEC 5 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

...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 3 AM
   SATURDAY FOR:

   	 THE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH COAST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
 	 ALL OF VENTURA COUNTY
  	 ALL OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY FOR:

   	 THE SOUTH COAST AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
         THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
            LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MALIBU
         THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY

...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL NOON SATURDAY
   FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

         SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS
         SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS
         VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS
         LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE

...A HEAVY SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR:

         SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST FROM PIEDRAS BLANCAS SOUTHWARD TO
         THE MEXICAN BORDER
Special weather statement, Dec 5, 9:58 PM PST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-061200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
1000 PM PST FRI DEC 5 1997

HERE ARE SOME RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 4 PM...AND FOR THE ENTIRE STORM
SO FAR...

                                  SINCE 4 P.M.     STORM SO FAR
                                    (INCHES)         (INCHES)

...SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...

SAN LUIS OBISPO.......................0.12.............1.92
SANTA MARGARITA.......................0.04.............2.68

...SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...

SANTA MARIA...........................0.01.............1.19
LOMPOC................................TRACE............1.65
GIBRALTAR DAM.........................2.32.............6.10
OLD MAN MOUNTAINS.....................3.03.............7.17
SANTA BARBARA FLOOD CONTROL...........1.42.............3.74

...VENTURA COUNTY...

CHORRO GRANDE (MOUNTAINS).............2.91.............7.09
VENTURA (GOVERNMENT CENTER)...........1.73.............3.46
OXNARD................................1.65.............3.52
MOORPARK COLLEGE......................1.34.............2.48
CIRCLE X RANCH (ABOVE NEWBURY PARK)...1.18.............2.28

...LOS ANGELES COUNTY...

WOODLAND HILLS........................1.52.............2.56
BIG ROCK MESA (ABOVE MALIBU)..........0.87.............1.81
SEPULVEDA DAM.........................1.13.............1.69
OPIDS CAMP (NEAR MOUNT WILSON)........0.95.............1.32
CIVIC CENT4ER..........................0.32.............0.32
L.A.X.................................0.47.............0.69

BRUNO/DANIELSON/RORKE
Special weather statement, Dec 5, 10:53 PM PST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-060700-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
1100 PM PST FRI DEC 5 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

...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 3 AM
   SATURDAY FOR:

   	 THE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH COAST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
 	 ALL OF VENTURA COUNTY
  	 ALL OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY FOR:

   	 THE SOUTH COAST AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
         THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
            LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MALIBU
         THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY

...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL NOON SATURDAY
   FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

         SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS
         SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS
         VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS
         LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE

...A HEAVY SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR:

         SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST FROM PIEDRAS BLANCAS SOUTHWARD TO
         THE MEXICAN BORDER

...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM SATURDAY FOR:

         EAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL
         INNER WATERS POINT MUGU TO SAN MATEO POINT
         bPOINT ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND AND OUT 60 NM
         OUTER WATERS SANTA CRUZ ISL TO MEXICAN BORDER...
Special weather statement, Dec 6, 12:00 AM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-060900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
1200 AM 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

...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 3 AM
   SATURDAY FOR...

   	 THE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH COAST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
 	 ALL OF VENTURA COUNTY
  	 ALL OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY FOR...

   	 THE SOUTH COAST AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
         THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
            LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MALIBU
         THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY

...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR...

         SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS
         SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS
         VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS
         LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE

...A HEAVY SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR...

         SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST FROM PIEDRAS BLANCAS SOUTHWARD TO
         THE MEXICAN BORDER

...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM SATURDAY FOR...

         EAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL
         INNER WATERS POINT MUGU TO SAN MATEO POINT
         POINT ARGUELLO TO SANpTA CRUZ ISLAND AND OUT 60 NM
         OUTER WATERS SANTA CRUZ ISL TO MEXICAN BORDER...
Special weather statement, Dec 6, 1:07 AM PST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-061100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
100 AM 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

...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 3 AM
   TODAY FOR...

   	 THE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH COAST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
 	 ALL OF VENTURA COUNTY
  	 ALL OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 6 AM TODAY FOR...

   	 THE SOUTH COAST AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
         THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
            LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MALIBU
         THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY

...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR...

         SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS
         SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS
         VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS
         LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE

...A HEAVY SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR...

         SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST FROM PIEDRAS BLANCAS SOUTHWARD TO
         THE MEXICAN BORDER

...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM FOR...

         INNER WATERS POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICAN BORDER
         OUTER WATERS SANTA CRUZ ISL TO MEXICAN BORDER...

The office that day

Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 2:18 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningLOXSanta Barbara57 min
Dec 6, 2:18 AM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXSanta Barbara57 min
Dec 6, 2:30 AM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXVentura60 min
Dec 6, 3:40 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles65 min
Dec 6, 3:40 AM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles65 min

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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.