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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 9, 2005Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 9, 2005, 9:55 AM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2005, 9:55 AM PST (17:55 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2005, 4:00 PM PST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Los Angeles County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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 091753 RRA
FFWLOX
CAC037-100000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
955 AM PST SUN JAN 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE   
  SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS
  THIS INCLUDES THE FOOTHILL...SIMI AND PADUA BURN AREAS

* UNTIL 400 PM PST

* AT 945 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED  
  A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED INTENSE SHOWERS      
  PUSHING INTO LOS ANGELES COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF
  INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREA. MUDSLIDES...ROCKSLIDES AND DEBRIS
  FLOW ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN AND BELOW THE BURN AREAS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
  WILSON AND SANTA CLARITA...MALIBU...AND LAUREL AND COLDWATER
  CANYONS. 

LAT...LON 3406 11869 3408 11854 3415 11850 3416 11825
      3402 11813 3392 11801 3400 11785 3406 11776
      3420 11771 3438 11767 3437 11777 3449 11814
      3477 11885 3429 11859 3421 11863 3416 11879
      3406 11895

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 8, 10:45 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Santa Barbara, Ventura	6 hr
Jan 8, 11:15 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Ventura	6 hr
Jan 9, 12:31 AM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Ventura	6 hr
Jan 9, 4:05 AM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Santa Barbara, Ventura	6 hr
Jan 9, 6:00 AM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	4 hr
Jan 9, 9:50 AM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Santa Barbara, Ventura	6 hr
Jan 9, 2:45 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Los Angeles, Ventura	6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2005 Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.