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NWS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 8 PM SANTA BARBARA MOUNTAINS
Radar valid at 10:27 am PDT Fri May 6 2016
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WGUS66 KLOX 060820
FFALOX
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
120 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016
...THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...CUYAMA VALLEY...AND ANTELOPE VALLEY...
.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECASTED TO BE OVER SOUTHWEST
CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS UNUSUALLY HIGH AVAILABLE
MOISTURE FOR EARLY MAY. THE INCREASING INSTABILITY ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE
VALLEY. DUE TO THE WEAK UPPER LEVEL WINDS...ANY STORMS THAT DO
FORM WILL LIKELY BE SLOW MOVING...INCREASING THE RISK FOR FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. DUE TO THE WEAK NORTHWEST UPPER
LEVEL FLOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...SOME OF STORM ACTIVITY COULD
POTENTIALLY DRIFT INTO THE ADJACENT VALLEYS.
CAZ038-052>054-059-061630-
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CUYAMA VALLEY-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CUYAMA...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA...
LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG...
LANCASTER...PALMDALE
120 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT TODAY THROUGH 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ANTELOPE VALLEY...CUYAMA
VALLEY...LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA
MONICA RANGE...SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND VENTURA
COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
* FROM NOON PDT TODAY THROUGH 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
* THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH RAINFALL
RATES POSSIBLY EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR.
* RAINFALL RATES MAY BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AS
WELL AS ROCK/MUD SLIDE ACTIVITY IN THE WATCH AREA. IN
ADDITION...MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND
RECENT BURN AREAS IN THE WATCH AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
WGUS66 KLOX 060820
FFALOX
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
120 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016
...THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...CUYAMA VALLEY...AND ANTELOPE VALLEY...
.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECASTED TO BE OVER SOUTHWEST
CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS UNUSUALLY HIGH AVAILABLE
MOISTURE FOR EARLY MAY. THE INCREASING INSTABILITY ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE
VALLEY. DUE TO THE WEAK UPPER LEVEL WINDS...ANY STORMS THAT DO
FORM WILL LIKELY BE SLOW MOVING...INCREASING THE RISK FOR FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. DUE TO THE WEAK NORTHWEST UPPER
LEVEL FLOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...SOME OF STORM ACTIVITY COULD
POTENTIALLY DRIFT INTO THE ADJACENT VALLEYS.
CAZ038-052>054-059-061630-
/O.NEW.KLOX.FF.A.0005.160506T1900Z-160507T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUYAMA VALLEY-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
ANTELOPE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CUYAMA...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA...
LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG...
LANCASTER...PALMDALE
120 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT TODAY THROUGH 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ANTELOPE VALLEY...CUYAMA
VALLEY...LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA
MONICA RANGE...SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND VENTURA
COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
* FROM NOON PDT TODAY THROUGH 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
* THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH RAINFALL
RATES POSSIBLY EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR.
* RAINFALL RATES MAY BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AS
WELL AS ROCK/MUD SLIDE ACTIVITY IN THE WATCH AREA. IN
ADDITION...MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND
RECENT BURN AREAS IN THE WATCH AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
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