455 WGUS66 KLOX 262121 FFALOX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 121 PM PST FRI FEB 26 2010 ...FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS POSSIBLE IN AND BELOW RECENT BURN AREAS IN LOS ANGELES AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .A VIGOUROUS STORM SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST THIS EVENING...THEN MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAINFALL AT THESE RATES MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND BELOW THE RECENT BURN AREAS...PARTICULARLY THE STATION...MORRIS AND SANTA ANITA BURN AREAS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND THE JESUSITA...LA BREA...GAP AND TEA BURN AREAS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. CAZ039-052-270530- /O.CON.KLOX.FF.A.0004.100227T0500Z-100228T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA BARBARA...MONTECITO... CARPINTERIA...SAN MARCOS PASS...SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA... DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA 121 PM PST FRI FEB 26 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS FROM 9 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE RECENT BURN AREAS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INCLUDING THE JESUSITA...LA BREA...GAP AND TEA BURN AREAS. * FROM 9 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AS THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND MOVES THROUGH THE AREA AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. RAIN WILL THEN TURN SHOWERY BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. PEAK HOURLY RAINFALL RATES SHOULD OCCUR LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE PRE-DAWN HOURS EARLY SATURDAY. RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...WITH INTENSE SHORT DURATION RATES OF A HALF INCH IN 20 MINUTES POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. 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... 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. && $$ CAZ054-088-547-548-270530- /O.CON.KLOX.FF.A.0004.100227T0800Z-100228T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ACTON...MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG... SANTA CLARITA...NEWHALL...VALENCIA...WOODLAND HILLS... NORTHRIDGE...BURBANK...UNIVERSAL CITY...PASADENA...SAN GABRIEL... POMONA 121 PM PST FRI FEB 26 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS FROM MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE RECENT BURN AREAS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE STATION...MORRIS AND SANTA ANITA BURN AREAS. * FROM MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * RAIN WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND MOVES INTO THE AREA AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL THEN TURN SHOWERY BY SATURDAY EVENING. PEAK HOURLY RAINFALL RATES SHOULD OCCUR AFTER SUNRISE AND PERSIST THROUGH NOON ON SATURDAY. RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...WITH INTENSE SHORT DURATION RATES OF A HALF INCH IN 20 MINUTES POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. THESE RATES ARE IN EXCESS OF THRESHOLDS DETERMINED BY THE USGS TO BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND BELOW THE RECENT BURN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ WOFFORD