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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Los Angeles, CA

August 31, 1998Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 1998, 3:37 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It was in force for 113 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
Aug 31, 1998, 3:37 PM PDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 1998, 5:30 PM PDT
In force
113 min
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 312236
FFWLAX
CAC037-010030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
337 PM PDT MON AUG 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE
  
* UNTIL 530 PM PDT

* AT 330 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS NEAR HIGHWAYS 2 AND 39 IN THE VICINITY OF
COGSWELL RESERVOIR. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE IN EXCESS OF 2
INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO FLOODING...THESE
STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LOCALLY GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

* THESE STORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF FLOODING IS ENCOUNTERED. 

DANIELSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 3:38 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles67 min
Aug 31, 4:44 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles76 min
Aug 31, 4:50 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles85 min

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.