Full Notification

The Office of Emergency Management is at Duty Officer Status.

December is build-a-kit month. Go to Facebook.com/SBCountyOEM to see a couple of great videos. It’s easy to build a kit and the handcrank radio can be a cool holiday gift. Look for a built-in flashlight. Some have cell phone chargers (remember in NYC when everyone’s cell phones were going dead because of no power). Just Google “handcrank radio”.

Learn more about building a kit at http://www.ready.gov/build-a-kit.

OEM will monitor incoming weather. At this time, operational issues do not appear to be of concern. Normal cautionary warnings around driving and slowing down should be remembered.

According to the National Weather Service/Oxnard:
“...COLD STORM SYSTEM TO BRING RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO SOUTHWEST
CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

“A COLD STORM SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL APPROACH THE CALIFORNIA COAST TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING INCREASING RAIN CHANCES TO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY...WITH RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. INCREASING SOUTH WINDS ARE LIKELY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND COASTAL AREAS NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. A COLD AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL LOWER SNOW LEVELS TO 4500 TO 5000 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND LOCALLY TO NEAR 3500 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS DIMINISHING THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. COLD AIR ALOFT MAY BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA ON THURSDAY.

“PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THIS EVENT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 0.25 TO 0.75 INCHES FOR THE COAST AND VALLEYS...0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN THE DESERTS. SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 5000 FEET.”