Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1999
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1999, 2:25 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California. It was in force for 95 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
- Jul 13, 1999, 2:25 PM PDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1999, 4:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Los Angeles County, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA, Ventura County, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLAX 132123 FFWLAX CAC079-083-111-232300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 225 PM PDT TUE JUL 13 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHEAST SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY NORTHEAST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY NORTHWEST VENTURA COUNTY * UNTIL 400 PM PDT * AT 220 PM...SULPHUR MOUNTAIN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A CONVERGING AND INTENSIFYING AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CUYAMA VALLEY SOUTHEAST INTO THE LOS PADRES NATIONAL FORECAST IN NORTHWEST VENTURA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY OR DEVELOPING SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST. * MOTORISTS...CAMPERS...OR RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS OR ALONG HIGHWAY 166...HIGHWAY 33...OR THE LOCKWOOD VALLEY ROAD SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOVE TO HIGHER GRO2UND IMMEDIATELY IF FLOODING IS ENCOUNTERED. $$ MCCLUNG
1 follow-up statement
000 TTAA00 KLAX 132124 RRA FFWLAX CAC037-132300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 225 PM PDT TUE JUL 13 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH LOS ANGELES COUNTY * UNTIL 400 PM PDT * AT 220 PM...DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR PACIFICO MOUNTAIN OVER THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH ABOUT 5 MPH. THE STORM WILL DRIFT OVER THE FOOTHILLS SOUTH OF PALMDALE BY 245 PM. FLASH FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAYS 14 AND 138 NEAR PALMDALE WILL BE POSSIBLE. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIBDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. $$ SIRARD
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, 2:00 PM PDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:00 PM PDT, 25 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 2 PM PDT TUE JUL 13 1999 TSTMS DVLPG ERY THIS AFTN FROM SERN SLO CNTY THRU THE VTU AND LA CNTY MTNS. ONE CELL OVR VTU MTNS HAS ALRDY PROMPTED A FLASH FLD WRNG. MRNG SOUNDG SHOWED BOTH VBG AND NKX PW OVR 1.8 IN AND UNSTBL INDICES...SO FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS ISSUED ERY TDA AND WILL BE CONTD IN AFTN PKG. ETA SHOWED AN AREA OF STG MID LVL LIFT OVR VTU/LA CNTY MTNS THIS MRNG AND THIS APPEARS TO WORKG OUT WELL SO FAR. THIS PROMISES TO BE A VRY ACTV AFTN BUT SHUD BE THE LAST. MDLS SAG POSTIVE TILT UPR TROF SWWD OVR W CST STATES WITH MID AND UPR FLO BCMG MORE SWLY AND DRYR WED. AVN MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH DRYG TREND BUT ALL MDLS ARE MUCH DRYR. SO NO SHWRS/TSTMS IN FCST WED...XCP MAY BE ENUF RESIDUAL MSTR FOR LIMITED CONVECTION LA CNTY MTNS AND DESERTS SO WILL KEEP SLGT CHC THESE LCTNS. COOLR EACH DAY ALL ZONES WITH A LTL LWR HGTS. VLYS MUCH COOLR...10 DEG OR MORE OVR 2 DAYS AS PRES GRADS TURN ONSHR. MARINE LYR BGNG TO REFORM ALG CNTRL CST LT TNGT AND OVR SRN CA CST WED NGT... WITH TYPICAL NGT/MRNG ST/FG. DRY SWLY FLO XPCD TO CONT THRU EXTDD PD. LAX 2000. HENDERSON .LAX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH...SEE LAXFFALAX.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 5:15 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 6:15 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 11:15 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:55 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:30 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Ventura | 90 min |
| Jul 13, 1:50 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:40 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:13 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Ventura | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 1:00 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Ventura | 90 min |
| Jul 13, 2:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara, Ventura | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 2:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 95 min |
| Jul 13, 3:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 4:00 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 60 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.