KLOX2491063795 KLOX@nwws.oes.ca.gov 2010-02-09T03:27:18-08:00 Actual Update Public WGUS66 KLOX 091126 CCA FFALOX KLOX.FF.A.0003 Met FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED Future Severe Possible 2010-02-10T03:00:00-08:00 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS POSSIBLE IN AND BELOW RECENT BURN AREAS IN LOS ANGELES AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES TODAY INTO TONIGHT .A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST IS EXPECTED TO TRACK JUST WEST OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. WHILE HEAVY RAINS LIKELY WILL NOT AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION...THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WARRANTS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BURN AREAS. ANY THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. RAINFALL AT THESE INTENSITIES MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS... PARTICULARLY IN AND BELOW THE STATION...MORRIS AND SANTA ANITA BURN AREAS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND THE JESUSITA BURN AREA IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. OVERALL...RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...EXPECT RAINFALL TOTALS TO AVERAGE ONE THIRD OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH ACROSS THE REGION...WITH LOCAL TOTALS OVER 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE THUNDERSTORMS. LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ACTON...MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG... SANTA CLARITA...NEWHALL...VALENCIA...WOODLAND HILLS... NORTHRIDGE... BURBANK... UNIVERSAL CITY... PASADENA... SAN GABRIEL... POMONA ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS FROM NOON PST TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE RECENT BURN AREAS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE STATION...MORRIS AND SANTA ANITA BURN AREAS. * FROM NOON PST TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY...AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. THESE RATES ARE IN EXCESS OF THRESHOLDS DETERMINED BY THE USGS TO BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND BELOW THE RECENT BURN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING... BUT IT IS NOT A CERTAINTY. RESIDENTS UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. P-VTEC /O.CON.KLOX.FF.A.0003.100209T2000Z-100210T1100Z/ route ncsnorth.oes.ca.gov;capserverNorth NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 35.793274,-120.19697 35.61313,-120.19697 35.43693,-119.99854 34.911175,-119.472755 34.81932,-119.22686 34.81932,-119.22686 34.81932,-117.645604 34.289947,-117.645604 33.954013,-117.79389 33.943912,-117.936396 33.740577,-118.118946 33.664642,-118.2529 33.664642,-118.2529 33.73493,-118.41356 33.81525,-118.40352 33.81525,-118.40352 34.006023,-118.50393 34.006023,-118.78507 34.076305,-119.10638 34.156635,-119.21682 34.267086,-119.30718 34.387573,-119.51803 34.407654,-119.69877 34.397614,-119.85942 34.45786,-120.01004 34.43778,-120.44179 34.52814,-120.52211 34.578342,-120.63255 34.749035,-120.63255 34.749035,-120.63255 34.88961,-120.672714 34.88961,-120.672714 35.070343,-120.62251 35.14063,-120.743 35.14063,-120.743 35.23099,-120.893616 35.421764,-120.883575 35.421764,-120.883575 35.441845,-120.98398 35.6025,-121.13459 35.662746,-121.27517 35.793274,-121.32537 35.793274,-120.19697 UGC CAZ054-088-547-548-091930-