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Saturday May 7th, 2016 :: 09:41 a.m. PDT

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NWS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THROUGH THIS EVENING..

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Radar valid at 9:34 am PDT Sat May 7 2016

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WGUS66 KLOX 070933
FFALOX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
233 AM PDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...CUYAMA VALLEY...AND ANTELOPE VALLEY...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVERHEAD ACROSS
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS UNUSUALLY HIGH
AVAILABLE MOISTURE FOR EARLY MAY. THE INCREASING INSTABILITY LATE
THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING COMBINED WITH THE AVAILABLE
MOISTURE WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AND ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND THE CUYAMA 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 NORTH TO NORTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...SOME OF STORM ACTIVITY COULD POTENTIALLY
DRIFT INTO THE ADJACENT VALLEYS.

CAZ038-052>054-059-071745-
/O.NEW.KLOX.FF.A.0006.160507T1700Z-160508T0300Z/
/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
233 AM PDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM 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 10 AM PDT TODAY THROUGH 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
MORNING 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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