Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Los Angeles, CA

February 7, 1998Santa Barbara County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Feb 7, 1998, 5:45 PM PST for Santa Barbara County, California. It was in force for 3 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
Feb 7, 1998, 5:45 PM PST (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 1998, 9:00 PM PST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area
Whole counties

County Santa Barbara County, CA

The radar

The Vandenberg AFB radar (KVBX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, Feb 7, 1:25 PM PST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-072130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
125 PM PST SAT FEB 7 1998

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

...A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM

      FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM SUNDAY FOR THE
   FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

      SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
      VENTURA COUNTY
      LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST BELOW SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS
      SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA...

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE
   FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

      SANTA YNEZ RIVER...

...A HEAVY SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR THE
   FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

      POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS SOUTHWARD TO THE MEXICAN BORDER...

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ABOVE 6000 FEET UNTIL
   900 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

      VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS
      LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE...

BURKE
Special weather statement, Feb 7, 1:25 PM PST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-072130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
125 PM PST SAT FEB 7 1998

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

...A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM

      FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM SUNDAY FOR THE
   FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

      SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
      VENTURA COUNTY
      LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST BELOW SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS
      SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA...

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE
   FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

      SANTA YNEZ RIVER...

...A HEAVY SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR THE
   FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

      POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS SOUTHWARD TO THE MEXICAN BORDER...

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ABOVE 6000 FEET UNTIL
   900 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

      VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS
      LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE...

BURKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 5:05 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningLOXVentura6 hr
Feb 7, 7:50 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

Sources

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.