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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Los Angeles, CA

February 17, 2017Ventura County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Feb 17, 2017, 5:02 PM PST for Ventura County, California. It was in force for 5 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
Feb 17, 2017, 5:02 PM PST (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 2017, 10:08 PM PST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Ventura County, CA

The radar

The Los Angeles radar (KVTX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Vandenberg AFB, CA at 00:00Z on 2017-02-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Vandenberg AFB, CA at 00:00Z on 2017-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

757 
WGUS56 KLOX 180102
FFWLOX
CAC111-180400-
/O.NEW.KLOX.FF.W.0013.170218T0102Z-170218T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service OXNARD CA
502 PM PST FRI FEB 17 2017

The National Weather Service in OXNARD has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Ventura County in southwestern California...

* Until 800 PM PST

* At 459 PM PST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
  area. Canejo Creek has exceeded its banks downstream of Highway 101
  and is flooding agricultural fields. 

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Canejo Creek...
  and Camarillo.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.

&&

LAT...LON 3426 11893 3421 11892 3420 11900 3418 11902
      3420 11904 3423 11902 3425 11902

$$

MJ/EB/JL
2 follow-up statements
523 
WGUS56 KLOX 180345
FFWLOX
CAC111-180700-
/O.EXT.KLOX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170218T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service OXNARD CA
745 PM PST FRI FEB 17 2017

The National Weather Service in OXNARD has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Ventura County in southwestern California...including conejo
  creek

* Until 1100 PM PST

* At 736 PM PST, Doppler radar indicated bands of moderate to locally heavy
  rain across the warned area...with additional rain offshore.  Conejo Creek
  has exceeded its banks downstream of Highway 101 and is flooding agricultural
  fields. It is expected to remain above flood stage until 11 pm.  


* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Conejo Creek...
  and Camaillo. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.

&&

LAT...LON 3426 11893 3421 11892 3420 11900 3418 11902
      3420 11904 3423 11902 3425 11902

$$

Gomberg/Laber
624 
WGUS76 KLOX 180608
FFSLOX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service OXNARD CA
1008 PM PST FRI FEB 17 2017

CAC111-180616-
/O.CAN.KLOX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170218T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ventura CA-
1008 PM PST FRI FEB 17 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN including Conejo Creek in 
VENTURA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

Flood waters have receded below flood stage for Conejo Creek. Flooding is
no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining
road closures.

LAT...LON 3426 11893 3421 11892 3420 11900 3418 11902
      3420 11904 3423 11902 3425 11902

$$

Gomberg/Laber

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 4:00 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningLOXVentura7 hr
Feb 17, 4:16 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementLOXOrange59 min
Feb 17, 4:17 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningLOX118 min
Feb 17, 5:10 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles3 hr
Feb 17, 8:17 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXVentura118 min
Feb 17, 11:42 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXSanta Barbara, Ventura3 hr
Feb 18, 6:27 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOX16 hr
Feb 18, 9:10 AM PSTGale WarningLOX24 hr
Feb 18, 1:57 PM PSTWind AdvisoryLOX13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.