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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Los Angeles, CA

July 4, 2011

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 4, 2011, 2:14 PM PDT. It took effect at Jul 4, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2011, 2:14 PM PDT (21:14 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2011, 12:00 AM PDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA
Flood severity: None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jul 4, 10:50 AM PDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 10:50 AM PDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 6:00 AM PDT, 8 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PDT MON JUL 4 2011

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-051300-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY-
600 AM PDT MON JUL 4 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE COASTS AND
VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.

TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT WILL PRODUCE HEAT RELATED HAZARDS THIS AFTERNOON
IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.

PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL CREATE ISOLATED DRIVING HAZARDS EARLY THIS
MORNING NEAR THE BEACHES.

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR EACH AFTERNOON AND
EVENING TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

RORKE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 3:22 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Ventura	3 hr
Jul 4, 3:55 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOX	Los Angeles, Ventura	65 min
Jul 4, 3:57 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	3 hr
Jul 4, 4:25 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	3 hr
Jul 4, 4:41 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	64 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in California, 2011 Every flash flood watch in 2011

Sources

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