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 Mar 3, 3:42 AM PST, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 342 AM PST FRI MAR 3 2006 .SHORT TERM...ENERGETIC FRONTAL SYSTEM PUSHING ACRS SLO AND SBA COUNTIES...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...AND EVEN A FEW TSTMS. SOME OF THE TSTMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL IN SLO AND SBA COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING. NUMEROUS BANDS OF SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...HAVE PUSHED INTO VTU AND WRN L.A. COUNTIES. HAVE ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WATCHES FOR THE BURN AREAS OF L.A...VTU...MAINLY DUE TO THE LOW THRESHOLDS REQUIRED TO YIELD FLASH FLOODING AND MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS. HAVE ALSO INCLUDED THE GAVIOTA BURN AREA IN SBA COUNTY...BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE FLOODING THERE ARE HIGHER...SBA COUNTY WILL BE CLOSEST TO THE MOST DYNAMIC PART OF THGE FRONTAL SYSTEM. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF ACRS SLO AND SBA COUNTY...WITH ONE THIRD OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN VTU AND L.A. COUNTIES. AS USUAL...THERE WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER AMTNS IN HIGHER TERRAIN. AND...AS MENTIONED...THERE COULD BE SOME LOCALLY HIGH INTESITY RAINS...WHICH WOULD POSE PROBLEMS FOR THE BURN AREAS. SNOW LEVELS WERE RUNNING BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET...BUT WILL LIKELY LOWER A BIT MORE...ESPECIALLY ACRS NRN SXNS...WHERE SNOW COULD FALL AS LOW AS 3000 TO 3500 FEET ACRS SLO AND SBA COUNTIES... AND IN THE HIGEST TERRAIN OF THE ANTELOPE VLY. TOTALS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH VERY QUICKLY TODAY...WITH RAIN TURING TO SHOWERS ACRS SLO AND SBA COUNTIES BY MID OR LATE MORNING...AND THIS AFTERNOON ACRS VTU AND L.A. COUNTIES. THEN...SHOWERS WILL END ACRS THE ENTIRE AREA THIS EVENING. HGTS REBOUND ACRS THE AREA ON SAT AS THE TROUGH MOVE E...BUT CYCLONIC FLOW ALF WILL CONT...AND SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO KEEP SKIES PTLY CLOUDY. TEMPS WILL REBOUND A BIT...BUT WILL STILL BE BELOW NORMAL ACRS THE REGION. NEXT UPPER LOW MOVG THRU THE ERN PAC WILL APCH THE W CST SUNDAY. RIDGING AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL KEEP MOST OF THE AREA DRY ON SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON N OF PT CONCEPTION. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN ACRS SLO/NRN SBA COUNTIES LATE IN THE DAY. ACRS L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES...SUNDAY WILL WARM A BIT MORE...AND WILL LIKELY BE THE WARMEST DAY IN WHAT WILL BE A VERY COOL WEEK ACRS THE AREA. .LONG TERM...FRONTAL BAND WITH THAT NEXT SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A FAIRLY DECENT BAND OF RAIN INTO THE CENTRAL CST SUN NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY...WITH RAIN SPREADING INTO VTU AND L.A. COUNTIES DURING MONDAY. LOOKS LIKE HEAVIEST RAIN BY FAR BE ACRS SLO AND NRN SBA COUNTIES...WHERE MID LVL DYNAMICS AND LOW LVL SLY FLOW WILL BE FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE. XPCT LESS IN THE WAY OF RAIN ACRS VTU AND L.A. COUNTIES WITH THAT SYSTEM. MEAN TROUGH WILL LINGER ALG THE W CST THRU NEXT WEEK...WITH VARIOUS IMPULSES MOVING INTO THE W CST. THIS WILL MAINTAIN VERY COOL WEATHER ACRS THE AREA NEXT WEEK...WITH OCCASIONAL THREATS OF RAIN AND FAIRLY LOW ELEVATION SNOWS. AT THIS POINT...IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST THREAT OF RAIN WILL BE WED NIGHT/THU...BUT THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. && .AVIATION...COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING BRINGING SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING FOR AREAS N OF POINT CONCEPTION. SOME AFTERNOON INSTABILITY SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO COLD AIR ALOFT... SO CANT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN THE NORTHERN AREAS. VSBYS SHOULD PREDOMINANTLY BE VFR WITH LOCAL MVFR VSBYS ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWERS. EXPECT MVFR CIGS FOR THE MOST PART WITH LOC IFR CIGS ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT. AREAS N OF POINT CONCEPTION SHOULD HAVE VFR CIGS RETURN BY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT GUSTY S WINDS IN FRONT OF THE COLD FRONT THIS MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE W TO NW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. KLAX WILL SEE WINDS PICK UP FROM THE SE UP TO 12 KT THIS MORNING...THEN SHIFT TO THE W AT 16 KT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL LOWER IN THE EVENING. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH (SEE LAXFFALOX). SNOW ADVISORY (SEE LAXWSWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLOX). HIGH SURF ADVISORY (SEE LAXCFWLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXSPSLOX). && PUBLIC...BRUNO AVIATION...KAPLAN
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
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:25 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the North Hollywood area. California Highway Patrol reported the car pool lane of SR-170 was closed at Riverside Drive due to flooding.
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