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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 10, 2001Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 10, 2001, 11:58 PM PST for Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California. It was in force for 62 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: Jan 10, 2001, 11:58 PM PST (07:58 UTC)
Expired: Jan 11, 2001, 1:00 AM PST
In force: 62 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 
WGUS56 KLOX 110758
FFWLOX
CAC037-083-111-110900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
MIDNIGHT PST THU JAN 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
  SOUTH VENTURA COUNTY
  SOUTH LOS ANGELES COUNTY

* UNTIL 300 AM PST

* LINES OF STRONG SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IN BETWEEN THESE
STRONG BANDS...LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA.

AT 1145 PM WEDNESDAY...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONE BAND OF STRONG
SHOWERS PASSING OVER LOS ANGELES COUNTY...PRODUCING RAIN RATES IN
EXCESS OF ONE INCH AN HOUR. WHILE AT THIS TIME THERE WAS NO HEAVY
PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA OR VENTURA COUNTIES...
EARLIER RAINFALL OVER THESE AREAS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HIGH THERE IN
THE PAST SIX HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN BANDS WERE APPROACHING THE
AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST.

HILLSIDES AND STREAMBEDS ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING SATURATED...AND
EXTREME RAINFALL RATES NEAR OR ABOVE ONE INCH AN HOUR CAN LEAD TO
RAPID ...LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF LOW AREAS...AND BELOW STEEP
SLOPES.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 9:30 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Santa Barbara, Ventura	3 hr
Jan 11, 3:00 AM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Los Angeles, Ventura	3 hr

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.