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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Los Angeles, CA

July 26, 2003Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2003, 4:30 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It was in force for 90 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2003, 4:30 PM PDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2003, 6:00 PM PDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Los Angeles County, CA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS56 KLOX 262332
FFWLOX
CAC037-270100-

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
430 PM PDT SAT JUL 26 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

* UNTIL 600 PM PDT

* AT 430 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS     
  WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN ENDS OF THE SOLEDAD AND          
  ESCONDIDO CANYONS AS WELL AS THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE ANTELOPE     
  VALLEY. ESTIMATED STORM TOTALS OVER THE EASTERN ANTELOPE VALLEY    
  JUST NORTH OF HWY 18 AND THE SOLEDAD CANYON ARE BETWEEN 2 AND 4    
  INCHES. ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES BEWTEEN 1.5 AND 2.0 INCHES 
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. THESE STORMS WERE TRAINING TOWARD THE  
  NORTH AT 15 MPH AND REBUILDING OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

* LOCATIONS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE AREAS ALONG  
  AND JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 138 AND 18 EAST OF PEARBLOSSOM TO THE
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY BORDER...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 14 JUST NORTH OF   
  ACTON IN THE SOLEDAD CANYON. DRY STREAMS AND RIVER BEDS 
  OF THE LOWER ESCONDIDO CANYON AND SOLEDAD CANYON THAT WERE 
  PREVIOUSLY DRY MAY FILL AND FLOOD BETWEEN 430 PM AND 600 PM AS THE
  FLOOD WATERS COLLECT AND MOVE DOWN THE CANYONS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS.

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 IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
OXNARD.

LAT...LON 3451 11825 3444 11814 3452 11812 3455 11820

$$

MOYER/HILGENDORF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 3:00 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	90 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2003 Every flash flood warning in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.