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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 4, 2026Ventura County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 4, 2026, 10:55 AM PST for Ventura County, California. It was in force for 80 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2026, 10:55 AM PST (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 4, 2026, 12:15 PM PST
In force
80 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), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at Jan 3, 3:09 PM PST, 19 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 3:09 PM PST, 19 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 1:23 AM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLOXSan Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura12 hr
Jan 4, 9:44 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXVentura2 hr
Jan 4, 11:16 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningLOX119 min
Jan 4, 11:55 AM PSTSpecial Weather StatementLOXSan Luis Obispo65 min
Jan 4, 12:15 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXSan Luis Obispo5 hr
Jan 4, 12:54 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementLOXSanta Barbara36 min
Jan 4, 1:03 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXSanta Barbara5 hr
Jan 4, 1:12 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningLOX2 hr
Jan 4, 1:29 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementLOXSanta Barbara46 min
Jan 4, 2:11 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementLOXSanta Barbara49 min
Jan 4, 2:12 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXVentura6 hr
Jan 4, 3:32 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementLOXSanta Barbara58 min
Jan 4, 3:37 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningLOX100 min
Jan 4, 3:51 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2026Every flash flood warning in 2026

Sources

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