1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 22, 4:00 AM PST, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 400 AM PST TUE MAR 22 2005 .SHORT TERM... FAST MOVING WEST FLOW PATTERN WILL BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY. RAIN CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL COAST WILL MOVE THROUGH L.A. COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND SHOT OF ENERGY WILL MOVE IN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE CENTRAL CAOST AND WILL WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE DISTRICT OVERNIGHT. MOIST CYCLONIC FLOW WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY WITH NOTHING TO FOCUS ANYTHING SO LOOK FOR CLOUDY SKIES AND SOME SHOWERS BUT NOTHING TOO IMPRESSIVE. A NEW IMPULSE IS FORECAST INTO THE AREA THURSDAY BUT RIGHT NOW MDLS THINK THE BULK OF THE ENERGY WILL BE SOUTH OF L.A. COUNTY. BUT MDLS CANT REALY FORECAST THIS KIND OF THING WITH ANY SORT OF ACCURACY SO STILL A CHANCE IT GOOD HIT FURTHER NORTH. REFLECTED THIS WITH HIGHER POPS. NOTHING TOO IMPRESSIVE IN TERMS OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS A HALF INCH SHOULD BE THE NORM THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. GOOD WEST LOW LEVEL FLOW WEDNESDAY WILL CREATE 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS MOST COASTAL AREAS AS WELL AS MTNS AND DESERTS. TEMPS AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT WITH THE RAIN AND CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE COOL SIDE. .LONG TERM... SOME LOW POPS FRIDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR TIMING DIFFERENCES BUT FLOW IS NW AND DRIER BY THEN SO REALLY NOT EXPECTING MUCH IF ANYTHING. NICE RIDGE POPS UP OVE THE WEEK END AND THE SUN SHOULD COME OUT AND THINGS SHOULD WARM UP. MDLS INCONSISTENT WITH EARLY NEXT WEEKS FORECAST. WITH SOME THINKING RAIN AND OTHERS NOT. MONDAY DOES LOOK OK AND KEPT THINGS MOSTLY CLEAR. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX). && RORKE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain over the Santa Ynez Mountains caused flash flooding and mudslides near the community of Gaviota. Flash flood waters flowing across Highway 101 swept a SUV into a swollen Gaviota Creek. Both people in the SUV were killed.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Santa Barbara | 2005-03-22 | 55 | Female | In Water | Direct |
| Flash Flood, Santa Barbara | 2005-03-22 | 49 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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