Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 7, 2016, 4:44 AM PST for Ventura County, California. It was in force for 91 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
- Mar 7, 2016, 4:44 AM PST (12:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2016, 6:15 AM PST
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ventura County, CA
The radar
The Los Angeles radar (KVTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
545
WGUS56 KLOX 071244
FFWLOX
CAC111-071415-
/O.NEW.KLOX.FF.W.0013.160307T1244Z-160307T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
444 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE SOLIMAR BURN AREA IN
WESTERN VENTURA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 615 AM PST
* AT 440 AM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN MOVING TOWARD THE BURN AREA. FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS
FLOWS ARE LIKELY FROM THESE STORMS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HIGHWAY 101 AND SOLIMAR BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 101 BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FAST
MOVING WATER WITH MUD AND DEBRIS MOVING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS THIS RUSHING WATER MUD AND DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3428 11932 3429 11933 3431 11936 3433 11935
3430 11931
$$
DB/ASR
MORE INFORMATION FROM THE USGS ON DEBRIS FLOWS AND THEIR IMPACTS
CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP://LANDSLIDES.USGS.GOV/RESEARCH/WILDFIRE2 follow-up statements
873
WGUS76 KLOX 071336
FFSLOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
536 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016
CAC111-071415-
/O.CON.KLOX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160307T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VENTURA CA-
536 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM PST FOR
THE SOLIMAR BURN AREA IN WESTERN VENTURA COUNTY...
AT 534 AM PST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES CONTINUED
TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE AREA. FLASH
FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE EXPECTED.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HIGHWAY 101 AND SOLIMAR BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 101 BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FAST
MOVING WATER WITH MUD AND DEBRIS MOVING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS THIS RUSHING WATER MUD AND DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3428 11932 3429 11933 3431 11936 3433 11935
3430 11931
$$
DB/ASR672
WGUS76 KLOX 071415
FFSLOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
615 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016
CAC111-071424-
/O.EXP.KLOX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160307T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VENTURA CA-
615 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SOLIMAR BURN AREA IN WESTERN VENTURA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 615 AM PST...
THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE BURN AREA...SO THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3428 11932 3429 11933 3431 11936 3433 11935
3430 11931
$$
DBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 12:33 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 57 min | |
| Mar 7, 1:33 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | 24 hr | |
| Mar 7, 1:33 AM PST | Wind Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 31 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:37 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:49 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Ventura | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:25 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 5:31 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 59 min | |
| Mar 7, 6:13 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Los Angeles | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 6:22 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 23 min | |
| Mar 7, 6:46 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 6:50 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 25 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.