1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 1:00 PM PST, 15 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 200 PM PDT SAT JUL 7 2001 NOT MUCH TIME TO WRITE AS WE ARE DILIGENTLY WATCHING NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEMONSTRATING PULSELIKE TENDENCIES. AS EXPECTED THUNDERSTORMS FLARED UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY AREAS AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS WELL WARRANTED...AND WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 900 PM. STRONGEST STORMS HAVE BEEN OVER NORTHERN VENTURA COUNTY AND THE EASTCENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. REPORTS HAVE INDICATED ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN BUT NOT ABLE TO REACH THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE AREAS OF CONCERN. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NO CHANGES TO FORECAST TRENDS AS TODAY WILL BE THE LAST VERY ACTIVE DAY OVER LOCAL AREA. ATMOSPHERE PROGGED TO BEGIN DRYING LATER TONIGHT AND EXPECT ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTORMS OVER MOUNTAINS... MAINLY LA COUNTY ON SUNDAY. EVEN DRYER CONDITIONS FOR 3THE WEEK AHEAD AS FLOW ALOFT TURNS TO A MORE DRY SOUTHWEST DIRECTION. HEIGHTS WILL SLOWLY RISE AS WELL AS FOUR CORNERS HIGH REESTABLISHES ITSELF BY MID WEEK. LAX -000. MCCLUNG .LAX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH (SEE LAXFFALAX).
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong monsoon thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flash flooding in western Ventura county. Reyes Creek overflowed, flooding a section of Highway 33.
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