Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at May 5, 1998, 8:30 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It was in force for 90 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
- May 5, 1998, 8:30 PM PDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1998, 10:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Los Angeles County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLAX 060429 COR FFWLAX CAC037-060500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 830 PM PDT TUE MAY 5 1998 ...CORRECTION FOR COUNTY CODE HEADER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS * UNTIL 1000 PM PDT * AT 825 PM...DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL COMMUNITIES. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD TOWARDS THE LOS ANGELES/SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LINE. ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS IS MOVING INTO THE LOS ANGELES BASIN...AND IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE FOOTHILL AND MOUNTAIN AREAS AFTER 9 PM. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE ABOVE AREAS UNTIL 10 PM. * BETWEEN 830 PM AND 10 PM...MOUNTAIN AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AREAS FROM HIGHWAY 39 AND EASTWARD WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING. AFFECTED COMMUNITIES WILL INCLUDE AZUSA...GLENDORA... AND SAN DIMAS...AS WELL AS THE MORRIS RESERVOIR AREA. EVENING COMMUTES ALONG FOOTHILL BOULEVARD...INTERSTATE 210...AND HIGHWAY 39 WILL LIKELY HAVvE FLOODED ROAD CONDITIONS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF FLOODING IS ENCOUNTERED. GOMBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 5:30 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 90 min |
| May 5, 7:00 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 60 min |
| May 5, 7:20 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 70 min |
| May 5, 7:55 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 2 hr |
| May 5, 9:50 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 2 hr |
| May 5, 9:55 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 2 hr |
| May 5, 11:55 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 2 hr |
| May 6, 1:55 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 2 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.