Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS San Diego, CA

Issued

Dec 6, 1997, 6:31 AM PST (14:31 UTC)

Expired

Dec 6, 1997, 7:30 AM PST

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS San Diego, CA

Area

Whole counties

County Orange County, CA

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KSAN 061436
FFWSAN
CAC059-061530-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
631 AM PST SAT DEC 6 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM PST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
 
   ...ALL OF ORANGE COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW THE MAIN ENERGY WITH THIS STORM
HAS MOVED THROUGH BUT THERE ARE STILL LARGE AREAS OR RAIN OFFSHORE AND
SOME OF THESE MAY DEVELOP INTO STRONG STORMS. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 730 AM. AFTER THIS THE POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG STORMS TO DEVELOP WILL BE DIMINISHED. LOCAL AREAS IN ORANGE
COUNTY HAVE RECIEVED OVER 4 INCHES AND WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS GREAT.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. 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.
 
WHITLO@W

NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Dec 6, 2:39 AM PST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
230 AM PST SAT DEC 6 1997

                          ...SYNOPSIS...
A SLOW MOVING PACIFIC STORM WAS MOVING INTO NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY
AND THE WEST PART OF SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES EARLY THIS
MORNING. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SAN DIEGO COUNTY EARLY THIS
MORNING BEFORE SUNRISE. PERIODS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A HEAVY SURF ADVISORY FOR ALL COASTAL AREAS
IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT.

                         ...DISCUSSION...
RADARS SHOW MAIN EVENT STILL TO THE NORTH WITH SOME SHOWERS MOVING
INTO ORANGE CO WITH ALERT DATA SHOWING SOME LIGHT SHOWERS. UPR LVL
LOW MOVING PAINFULLY SLOW TOWARD THE AREA. PROGS SHOW GOOD PVA THIS
MORNING WITH +4 UVV BULLSEYE MOVING THRU AROUND NOON WITH BEST CHANCE
FOR HEAVY RAIN THEN. ROTATING BANDS OF RAIN AND TSTORMS SHOULD HIT
THE AREA BROADSIDE AND WILL BROADBRUSH SINCE ALL AREAS EXPECTED TO BE
AFFECTED ABOUT THE SAME EXCEPT FOR THE LOWER DESERTS. VORT MAX AND
PROBABLY BEST CHANCE FOR TSTORMS MOVES THRU LATE TNGT AND EARLY SUN
MORN...ALTHOUGH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO FORM ALONG THE
SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE ECHOES MOVING INTO NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. TROF
BEGINS LIFTING OUT SUN AM AND 50H CONTINUES TO INCR THRU SUN AFTN.
ANOTHER STORM MOVES INTO NORCAL SUN AFTN THRU MON MORN AND IT IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTH AND MISS FAR SOUTHERN SOCAL. RH PROGS
MOVE 70% OUT OF THE AREA BY SUN AFTN AND RH CONTINUES TO DECREASE
OVER THE AREA MON AM.

SAN RW 065/056 064/054 065 13986

WHITLOW

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.