[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Flash Flooding & Debris Flows Bulletin For Recent Burn Areas

A STRONG LATE SEASON STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN TO SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS SANTA BARBARA COUNTY LATE TONIGHT...ACROSS VENTURA COUNTY SUNDAY MORNING...AND ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THAT CHANCE LINGERING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...WHICH WOULD EXCEED  THRESHOLDS DETERMINED BY THE USGS TO BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE RECENT BURN AREAS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS. CUYAMA VALLEY-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CUYAMA...SANTA BARBARA...MONTECITO... CARPINTERIA...SAN MARCOS PASS...SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA... DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA  ... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS MODIFIED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. THIS WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR  * FOR THE JESUSITA AND LA BREA BURN AREAS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOW WILL BE A THREAT IN AND BELOW THE RECENT BURN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  RESIDENTS IN OR BELOW THE RECENTLY BURNED AREAS ARE URGED TO TAKE THE STEPS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

Affected Counties or parts of: Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles

Sent: 2011-03-19T14:24:49-07:00

Original Sender: KLOX@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

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