Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 31, 2016, 10:57 AM PST for Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2016, 10:57 AM PST (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2016, 1:45 PM PST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Santa Barbara County, CA, Ventura County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 11:09 AM PST | HEAVY RAIN 1.46 | 7 E Refugio State Beach, CA | 1.46 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR AT DOS PUEBLOS. |
| Jan 31, 11:12 AM PST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nw Santa Barbara, CA | FLASH FLOODING WITH MUD AND ROCKS ACROSS HIGHWAY 154 NEAR SANTA ANTONIO CREEK RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
789
WGUS56 KLOX 311857
FFWLOX
CAC083-111-312145-
/O.NEW.KLOX.FF.W.0009.160131T1857Z-160131T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
1057 AM PST SUN JAN 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN VENTURA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...
NORTHWESTERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 145 PM PST
* AT 1052 AM PST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAGES INDICATED
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAIN RATES
OF THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE OBSERVED AT NORDHOFF
RIDGE AND SAN MARCOS PASS. RAIN RATES OVER ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR
WERE OBSERVED IN SUMMERLAND. FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING IN THESE AREAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH 145 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SANTA
BARBARA...LOMPOC...MONTECITO...SANTA YNEZ...SOLVANG...VANDENBERG
VILLAGE... EL CAPITAN AND REFUGIO STATE BEACHES...ISLA
VISTA...SUMMERLAND...GOLETA... BUELLTON...FIGUEROA
MOUNTAIN...HIGHWAY 101 THROUGH GAVIOTA STATE PARK...AND HIGHWAY
154 OVER SAN MARCOS PASS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3486 12024 3466 11924 3444 11934 3442 11990
3446 12001 3447 12013 3447 12030 3444 12046
3469 12060
$$
SMITH/HALL1 follow-up statement
083
WGUS76 KLOX 312142
FFSLOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
142 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016
CAC083-111-312151-
/O.EXP.KLOX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160131T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VENTURA CA-SANTA BARBARA CA-
142 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN VENTURA AND NORTHWESTERN
SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145 PM PST...
RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE WARNED AREAS. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND
ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3486 12024 3466 11924 3444 11934 3442 11990
3446 12001 3447 12013 3447 12030 3444 12046
3469 12060
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 8:12 PM PST | Wind Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 49 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:22 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 34 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:30 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | LOX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 31, 3:47 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 53 hr |
| Jan 31, 6:46 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Santa Barbara | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 7:59 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Ventura | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 9:05 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 55 min | |
| Jan 31, 9:10 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 9:16 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 9:16 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Santa Barbara | 44 min |
| Jan 31, 9:18 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 9:44 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Santa Barbara | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 10:17 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 58 min | |
| Jan 31, 10:52 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Santa Barbara | 23 min |
| Jan 31, 11:14 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Ventura | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 11:20 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 55 min |
| Jan 31, 11:34 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara, Ventura | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:09 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Ventura | 51 min |
| Jan 31, 12:15 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Ventura | 45 min |
| Jan 31, 12:24 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:34 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 56 min |
| Jan 31, 12:54 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:08 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 37 min |
| Jan 31, 1:35 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 25 min | |
| Jan 31, 1:50 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 25 min |
| Jan 31, 3:09 PM PST | Wind Advisory | LOX | 30 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.