Posted on 01/23/2008 3:22:34 PM PST by al baby
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1155 AM PST WED JAN 23 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING..
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BURN AREAS OF VENTURA COUNTY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT..
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BURN AREAS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT..
.A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CENTRAL COAST IS BRINGING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...AS WELL AS DEBRIS FLOWS NEAR THE RECENT BURN AREAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS SANTA BARBARA AND WESTERN VENTURA COUNTIES AT MIDDAY. ACROSS EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY...SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS NOW EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO LOS ANGELES COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAIN WILL TURN TO SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS SANTA BARBARA COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY OVERNIGHT.
THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALSO WILL BRING THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS. THIS HAS LED TO DANGEROUS DEBRIS FLOWS IN THE PAST IN AND BELOW BURN AREAS. A BURST OF HEAVY RAIN CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO A LIFE-THREATENING DEBRIS FLOW SITUATION NEAR A BURN AREA.
CAZ041-046-047-054-059-087-088-240200- /O.EXT.KLOX.FF.A.0003.080123T2300Z-080124T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1155 AM PST WED JAN 23 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE BURN AREAS..
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* THE BURN AREAS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
* FROM 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST RATES EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FACING MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. THIS COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND BELOW THE RECENT BURN AREAS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
PERSONS LIVING IN OR BELOW THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS. EVACUATIONS SHOULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS IF HEAVY FLOWS OF WATER OR MUD AND DEBRIS ARE OBSERVED. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
Oh no, storm watch! What in the rest of the country is regarded as drizzle.
Its series we had fires this year flooding could cause more damage Plus its already washesd away my n in the title
I’ll take the rain with the rest of the country in snow.
lol. thanks for the thread post. It’s freezing these days too . . . big WAAA from me :-). I don’t know how I ever lived in Montana and Seattle for so long. It falls below 70 degrees here and I grab a parka, pathetic—lol.
LOL!
water sprouts are YUMMY!
teehee
how’s your beeber?
"Tard" refers to the ping list members and not to the subject of the thread!
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SoCal ping
Es its crazy over here and you
Hey do you and the mrs want to meet me and the mrs at park avenue sometime in mid to late febuary ?
Where did this @%&* rain come from?
I think that new invention the flying water rock from Exodus 17:1-7 Or the tall one
I will remeber this next time you need something
CA hasnt been that RED since Ronald Reagan was elected.
Bush’s fault!
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