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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Los Angeles, CA

July 13, 1999Santa Barbara County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1999, 4:40 AM PDT for Santa Barbara County, California. It was in force for 2 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
Jul 13, 1999, 4:40 AM PDT (11:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1999, 7:00 AM PDT
In force
2 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 11:42 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.

NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 13, 3:30 AM PDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:30 AM PDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 5:15 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles60 min
Jul 12, 6:15 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles60 min
Jul 12, 11:15 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles3 hr
Jul 12, 11:55 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles2 hr
Jul 13, 12:30 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXVentura90 min
Jul 13, 1:50 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura3 hr
Jul 13, 12:13 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXVentura47 min
Jul 13, 1:00 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXVentura90 min
Jul 13, 2:00 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXSanta Barbara, Ventura60 min
Jul 13, 2:25 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura95 min
Jul 13, 2:25 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXSan Luis Obispo95 min
Jul 13, 3:06 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles24 min
Jul 13, 4:00 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXSanta Barbara60 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999

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.