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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Los Angeles, CA

September 2, 1998Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 1998, 3:44 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It was in force for 76 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
Sep 2, 1998, 3:44 PM PDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1998, 5:00 PM PDT
In force
76 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 022251
FFWLAX
CAC037-030000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
344 PM PDT WED SEP 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH LOS ANGELES COUNTY

* UNTIL 500 PM PDT

* AT 345 PM SULPHUR MOUNTAIN RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  NEAR THE CITY OF DOWNEY.  THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND
  FLOODING WITH THIS STORM IN THE AREA OF SAN DIMAS.  

* THE STORM IS MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF
LYNWOOD...COMPTON...AND INGLEWOOD.

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

JBB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 3:01 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles89 min
Sep 2, 3:25 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXVentura65 min
Sep 2, 3:30 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles90 min
Sep 2, 3:40 PM PDTTornado WarningLOXLos Angeles35 min
Sep 2, 4:28 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXVentura62 min
Sep 2, 4:48 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles72 min
Sep 2, 4:55 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles, Ventura95 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.