Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Los Angeles, CA

401 
WGUS76 KLOX 302318
FFSLOX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
412 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015

CAC037-310115-
/O.CON.KLOX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150731T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ANGELES CA-
412 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM PDT FOR 
THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY IN NORTHEASTERN
LOS ANGELES COUNTY...

AT 412 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.  
FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE WARNING AREA IF  
NOT ALREADY OCCURRING. THE BIG PINES RECREATION PARK RAIN GAUGE 
REPORTED ALMOST ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IN 7 MINUTES. THE STORM IS 
NOW MOVING TOWARD HIGHWAY 138 BETWEEN PEARBLOSSOM AND LLANO...WHERE 
ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE PINE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS 
FLOW MOVING THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGES. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF 
ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LAKE LOS 
ANGELES...WRIGHTWOOD...PEARBLOSSOM...LLANO...VALYERMO... ANGELES 
CREST HIGHWAY BETWEEN MOUNT WATERMAN AND WRIGHTWOOD...HIGHWAY 138 
BETWEEN LLANO AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LINE...AND BIG PINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3425 11766 3444 11804 3468 11785 3455 11766
      3445 11766 3433 11765

$$

SMITH/GOMBERG

793 
WGUS76 KLOX 310117
FFSLOX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
615 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015

CAC037-310125-
/O.EXP.KLOX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150731T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ANGELES CA-
615 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM FURTHER EAST MAY 
MOVE INTO THIS AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES WITH ADDITIONAL 
HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. 

LAT...LON 3425 11766 3444 11804 3468 11785 3455 11766
      3445 11766 3433 11765

$$

SMITH

SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
130 PM PDT THU JUL 30 2015

.SYNOPSIS...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS THROUGH FRIDAY. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL BE CONFINED TO
THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERTS ON
SATURDAY. BY MONDAY STABILIZING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL END THE
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH A RETURN TO SEASONAL TEMPERATURES.

&&

.SHORT TERM (TODAY-SUN)...

A WEAK VORT MAX EMBEDDED IN SE MONSOONAL FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES TO
MOVE NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE IS
CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER VENTURA COUNTY AND WILL MOVE NORTH OF SLO
COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. EARLIER THIS MORNING THERE WERE SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER LA AND VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL/VALLEY AREAS
THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VORT. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS
AFTERNOON HAS SHIFTED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND OTHER INTERIOR AREAS. THE
STRONGEST STORM SO FAR OCCURRED OVER NW VENTURA COUNTY AND EASTERN
SBA COUNTY IN THE MOUNTAINS...WHERE THERE WAS PLENTY OF SUN THIS
MORNING TO ALLOW FOR SURFACE HEATING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS
ISSUED FOR THIS STORM. SEEING SOME CLEARING FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE CWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN T-
STORMS IN LA AND VENTURA COUNTY AS WELL...FOCUSED MAINLY OVER THE
MOUNTAINS...DESERT AND SOME INTERIOR VALLEYS. FLASH FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT FOR THESE AREAS...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

LEANING TOWARDS REMOVING T-STORMS FOR MOST COASTAL AND SOME VALLEY
AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...DEPENDING ON HOW THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON GOES. THINKING THAT MOST OF THE T-STORM
ACTIVITY FOR THESE AREAS WAS OR WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MID-
LEVEL VORT MAX...WHICH WILL BE NORTH OF VENTURA COUNTY BY 00Z. THIS
WILL BE A LAST MINUTE DECISION.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF T-STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE EVENING
HOURS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERIOR AREAS...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE
TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL RESUME FOR THESE AREAS LATE
TOMORROW MORNING THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING...WITH THE FOCUS OF THE
ACTIVITY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY. WITHOUT A KICKER
AND A MORE SSE STEERING FLOW...NOT EXPECTING ANY T-STORMS FOR THE
COAST AND MOST VALLEY AREAS TOMORROW.

THE AREAL COVEREAGE OF T-STORMS ON SATURDAY WAS REDUCED TO ONLY HAVE
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF T-STORMS OVER THE VTA/LA MOUNTAINS AND THE
ANTELOPE VALLEY. WITH FLOW ALOFT STARTING TO SHIFT TO THE SW ON
SATURDAY...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE...WITH
MOST OF THE INSTABILITY FOCUSED OVER THE VTA/LA MOUNTAINS. THE
DRYING TREND WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AS SW FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED
ALOFT...BUT THERE COULD STILL BE ENOUGH LINGERING INSTABILITY TO
WARRANT THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF T-STORMS FOR THE EASTERN SAN GABRIELS
AND ANTELOPE VALLEY.

TEMPERATURE TRENDS FOR TOMORROW WILL BE A LITTLE TRICKY DUE TO ALL
OF THE CLOUDS WE HAD EARLIER TODAY...HOWEVER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER OVERALL AS HEIGHT/THICKNESS AND 850/950
TEMPS FALL SLIGHTLY. SLIGHT WARMING TREND MAY BEGIN ON SUNDAY AS THE
RIDGE OVER NEW MEXICO STARTS TO BUILD...RESULTING IN SLIGHT
HEIGHT/THICKNESS RISES OVER SW CALIFORNIA. ALSO INTRODUCED SOME LOW
CLOUDS IN SOUTHERN LA COUNTY ON SUNDAY MORNING AS THE MARINE LAYER
MAY START TO RE-DEVELOP WITH SW FLOW ALOFT DUE TO A WEAK UPPER-LOW
OFF THE COAST.

.LONG TERM (MON-THU)...

OVERALL NOT A VERY EXCITING WEATHER PATTERN NEXT WEEK WITH A
PERSISTENT RIDGE OVER THE INTERIOR WESTERN U.S. AND A TROUGH OFF THE
WEST COAST. THE TROUGH WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE FOR MARINE LAYER
STRATUS FOR MOST COASTAL AREAS NEXT WEEK. NO SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE
TRENDS IN THE FORECAST NEXT WEEK AS THERE IS SOME SLIGHT
DISAGREEMENT IN THE MODELS. GFS BUILDS THE RIDGE MORE
AGRESSIVELY...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A WARMING TREND FOR INTERIOR
AREAS...WHILE THE ECMWF KEEPS THE RIDGE RELATIVELY FLAT. CURRENT
FORECAST HAS TEMPERATURES GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...30/1755Z...

MARINE LAYER AROUND 010 THIS MORNING.

ALL AIRPORTS IN VFR THIS MORNING. MODERATELY CONFIDENT THAT SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE OVER THE COASTAL AND VALLEY
LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON.  KWJF KPMD AND KPRB HAVE A 20-30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...POSSIBLY
LINGERING THROUGH MOST OF FRIDAY. STRATUS WILL BE GREATLY RESTRICTED
DUE TO NEARBY CONVECTION...BUT EXPECTING A FEW RANDOM PATCHES TO BE
AROUND SOME COASTAL AIRPORTS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WEAKER
THAN USUAL WINDS WILL PREVAIL TODAY...EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE GUSTY
WINDS NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

KLAX...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN VFR THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH A 30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF IFR CIGS FORMING BECOMING 03 AND 17Z. MAIN THREAT OF
CONVECTION HAS SHIFTED WELL INLAND...BUT THERE STILL IS A 10 PERCENT
CHANCE OF A TSRM INTO THIS EVENING.

KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VFR THROUGH FRIDAY. MAIN THREAT OF
CONVECTION HAS SHIFTED WELL INLAND...BUT THERE STILL IS A 10 PERCENT
CHANCE OF A TSRM INTO THIS EVENING.

&&

.MARINE...29/900 AM.
UNSTABLE AIR IS PUSHING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TODAY WITH A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM FORMING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. MODERATE
TO HIGH CONFIDENCE OF NO THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AFTER THIS EVENING.
30 PERCENT CHANGE OF LOW GRADE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS SOUTH OF
POINT CONCEPTION TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
WINDS LIKELY OVER THE WEEKEND OVER THE OUTER WATERS...WITH CHOPPY
CONDITIONS OVER THE INNER WATERS.

&&

.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH (SEE LAXFFALOX).
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXMWSLOX).

&&

PUBLIC...SUKUP
AVIATION/MARINE...KITTELL
SYNOPSIS...MUNROE

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PDT THU JUL 30 2015

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-311300-
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 THU JUL 30 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST AREAS TODAY INTO
TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE
MOUNTAINS...DESERTS AND INTERIOR SECTIONS...BUT THERE WILL EVEN BE
THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER COASTAL AND COASTAL VALLEY
AREAS. IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...THE STORMS COULD BE INTENSE
ENOUGH TO GENERATE FLASH FLOODING. MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE
NEAR THE RECENT BURN AREA...INCLUDING THE COLBY AND PINE BURN AREAS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE COASTAL
WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON ALL AREA BEACHES
TODAY.

* FLOOD WATCH................SEE WGUS66 KLOX - FFALOX FOR DETAILS *

* MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND
SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THEN...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS
ANGELES COUNTY AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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