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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Los Angeles, CA

August 1, 2000Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2000, 4:15 PM PDT for Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California. It was in force for 105 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 1, 2000, 4:15 PM PDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2000, 6:00 PM PDT
In force: 105 min
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Santa Barbara County, CA, Ventura County, CA

The radar

The Los Angeles radar (KVTX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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 
WGUS56 KLOX 012316
FFWLOX
CAC083-111-020100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
415 PM PDT TUE AUG 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
  NORTHWEST VENTURA COUNTY

* UNTIL 600 PM PDT

* AT 405 PM PDT...SULPHUR MOUNTAIN DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN SANTA BARBARA AND
NORTHWEST VENTURA COUNTIES...MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD AROUND 10 MPH.
RADAR ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER
HOUR. WITH THESE RAINFALL RATES...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN
THE WARNING AREA.

* FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS THE DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 33 AND CERRO NORDESTE
ROAD IN NORTHWEST VENTURA COUNTY.

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

$$

RAT/GOMBERG

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.