Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2026
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Los Angeles, CA
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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Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 1:23 AM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 12 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:44 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Ventura | 2 hr |
| Jan 4, 11:16 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 119 min | |
| Jan 4, 11:55 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 65 min |
| Jan 4, 12:15 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 12:54 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Santa Barbara | 36 min |
| Jan 4, 1:03 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Santa Barbara | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:12 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 2 hr | |
| Jan 4, 1:29 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Santa Barbara | 46 min |
| Jan 4, 2:11 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Santa Barbara | 49 min |
| Jan 4, 2:12 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Ventura | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:32 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Santa Barbara | 58 min |
| Jan 4, 3:37 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 100 min | |
| Jan 4, 3:51 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.