CA: FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT--- NWS San Diego - Southern California

Accuweather ^ | 802 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008 | NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
802 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008

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SAN BERNARDINO CA-RIVERSIDE CA-ORANGE CA-
802 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM PST FOR THYE
FREEWAY BURN AREA IN NORTH CENTRAL ORANGE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
RIVERSIDE AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...

AT 800 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...MOVING ACROSS THE FREEWAY COMPLEX.
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A THREAT FOR FLOODING OR DEBRIS
FLOWS THROUGH 9 15 AM.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YORBA
LINDA...AND PORTIONS OF BREA AND ANAHEIM.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
752 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BURN AREAS AND STEEP TERRAIN FROM
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...

.A FAST MOVING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING PERIODS
OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING
AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND BELOW THE BURN AREAS...AND ON STEEP
TERRAIN...THROUGH TODAY.

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ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
752 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE
INLAND EMPIRE AND SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.

* UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON

* FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

* WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WITH MUD AND DEBRIS
FLOWS IN THE BURN AREAS.

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
THROUGH THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON.

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.

IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...RAINFALL MAY CAUSE DEBRIS FLOWS
IN THE BURN AREAS ACCORDING TO THRESHOLDS PROVIDED BY THE USGS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON DEBRIS FLOW AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS...
VISIT THE FOLLOWING USGS WEBSITE AT
(HTTP://LANDSLIDES.USGS.GOV/RESEARCH/WILDFIRE/)

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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
418 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008

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ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
418 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST
MONDAY...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST
MONDAY.

ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES ON MONDAY COMBINED WITH SURF OF 2 TO 4
FEET WITH SETS TO 5 FEET MAY RESULT IN MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW AND
LOCAL BEACH EROSION. AFFECTED AREAS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INCLUDE
THE BEACHES OF LA JOLLA...DEL MAR...AND CARDIFF NEAR HIGHWAY 101.
IN ORANGE COUNTY THE AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE SEAL BEACH AND SUNSET
BEACH.

PREDICTED ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES AT THE SAN DIEGO BROADWAY
PIER...

MONDAY...6.9 FEET AT 1020 AM.

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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
711 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008

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711 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWEST SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA... RIVERSIDE COUNTY
IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 1200 PM PST

* AT 703 AM PST RADAR INDICATES MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS MUCH OF ORANGE COUNTY...AND MOVING INTO THE INLAND EMPIRE
PORTIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES. ROADWAY FLOODING
WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF ORANGE...ALONG WITH HEAVY RUNOFF IN
SANTIAGO CREEK AND ORANGE PARK ACRES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
307 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008

...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING
INTO THIS EVENING...

.A FAST MOVING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW AND HIGH WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA FOR THIS
MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

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ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-
307 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON.

AREAS OF SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 MPH AT
TIMES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS
AND DOWNED POWER LINES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
930 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008

CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-151700-
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
930 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008

...COLD AND STORMY WEATHER PATTERN FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE TROUGH PERSISTING OVER THE WEST WILL BRING A
SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM THE NORTH
THIS WEEK. THIS WILL CAUSE COOL WEATHER WITH PERIODS OF RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW. THERE WILL ALSO BE LOCAL STRONG GUSTY WINDS AT
TIMES...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.

THERE WILL BE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS TODAY. MORE SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS A WEATHER
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MAIN UPPER LOW. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM
COULD BRING MORE PRECIPITATION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THERE
WILL BE PERIODS OF SHOWERS IN BETWEEN THESE DISTURBANCES.

PRELIMINARY RAINFALL ESTIMATES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK RANGE
FROM ABOUT ONE TO TWO INCHES WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS...TWO TO FOUR
INCHES ON THE WEST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND A HALF INCH TO ONE
INCH IN THE DESERTS. HOWEVER...IN ANY OF THESE AREAS...LOCALLY
HEAVIER RAINFALL COULD OCCUR.

SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 4000 TO 5000 FEET BY MONDAY AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...THOUGH IT COULD GET LOCALLY
LOWER...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. THERE COULD BE ONE TO
TWO FEET OF SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO AND
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS WITH UP TO ONE FOOT IN THE HIGHER PARTS
OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL
ON THE PEAKS OF THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS. SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND
DENSE FOG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS DURING THIS PERIOD.

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.
RESIDENTS LIVING IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS OR NEAR STEEP
TERRAIN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS
FLOW. THE SHOWERS WILL ALSO MAKE ROADS SLICK. OTHERWISE...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BENEFIT IRRIGATION NEEDS. PEOPLE PLANNING OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE WEST OR
SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ON THE NORTH AND EAST SLOPES
AS WELL AS IN THE DESERTS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...THE WINDS COULD REACH
25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. IN THE DESERTS...WINDS COULD
REACH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL PRESENT A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND IN THOSE AREAS WITH LITTLE OR NO
PRECIPITATION...BLOWING SAND OR DUST COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Been raining hard and blowing real good down here....

Burn Areas are going to have problems with this downpour.

[null and void]

I hope that some day they are able to fix their caps lock key...

[Red_Devil 232]

Mandentory evacuations ordered! Where will they all go? Mexico?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I think they are still running with teletype equipment ...not sure it has lower case....Congress has NOT funded replacements for the antiquated equipment ....

[moondoggie]

Stay safe, everybody!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Wind and rain has let up down here near the Beach.

Good to have the streets washed by Mother Nature!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL ON THE PEAKS OF THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS.

Check the mountains out your way!

[Grampa Dave]

The frogs up here in Wino country have been knocking on the doors to come in out of the rain and cold.

[PhiKapMom]

Stay safe. I remember those torrential rains that would break a drought when we lived in Yucaipa. We lived in the Upper part and would watch the rain like a river going down Date Ave as it came off the foothills running downhill and would flood out lower Yucaipa. We also could see the fire in the Anaheim Hills from the upstairs windows. We lived at 3200 feet so you have all that water coming down out of the mountains and foothills into the basin areas.

Hope everyone stays safe and stay away from the dips in the roads that flood.

[DuncanWaring]

But the Texas ANG had modern typesetting equipment forty years ago.

[headsonpikes]

The all-caps typography reminds me of being stationed in a remote area and having a Teletype machine clacking and printing its all-caps text across the roll of paper.

When a text message had completed and automatically advanced the paper roll several spaces and announced said completion by a bell, it was hard not to see them as important, rush over and tear them off for the boss.

Every message, however everyday and banal it might have been, seemed imbued with importance.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been in all-caps, would it?

[dragnet2]

We need the rain.

Bring it on!!!

[meanie monster]

lol

[richace]

Blinding drizzle in San Diego—look out!

[Old Professer]

The character cartridge had no room for lower case by design; we had two of them in our weather station; one night the active one went down and I turned on the backup - after studying th working one and the failed one, I saw that the problem was simply that the cartridge had come loose from its clips.

I reinserted it and switched back. When the tech showed up I told him and he serviced it anyway and installed a new cartridge.

They were our lifeline to the info world.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Radar View

[Churchillspirit]

Still raining heavily here - Huntington/Westminster.

Although it is very welcome, thoughts have to be those folks living in the burn areas.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

I remember that well. I lived in Redlands and watched my ‘65 Rambler float away in the flood. sigh.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

You’re right. Prayer heavenward for their safety <><

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Here is a view that includes San Diego...click on the animate button to see animation:

Radar View

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Another larger area view:

Southwest Radar

[Arrowhead1952]

But the Texas ANG had modern typesetting equipment forty years ago.

LOL... ^THat is a good one!

[BurbankKarl]

Sepulveda Basin closed by LAPD, 12 inches snow in Kern Mountains, mandatory evacuations Yorba Linda, and massive mudslides in the Tea Fire area of Santa Barbara, white out conditions in Cajon Pass

[lainie]

I hadn’t heard about mudslides in Montecito. yikes.

Cajon Pass — KTTV showed 6-8 inches that had fallen on their mobile truck inside two hours’ time

[Two Kids' Dad]

Same thing here in Fountain Valley. Too bad the convertible top has to stay up for the next few days.

And yes, all the best wishes for those in the burn areas.

[ErnBatavia]

[Osage Orange]

Hells bells....you lived in Yucaipa?

I went to school at Crafton Hills College....

Transplanted to OK...in '98

[ErnBatavia]

I remember a customer calling me and asking me where “Yucca-pa” was, as he needed to dispatch a truck to pick up some eggs from “Yucca-pa Egg Ranch”.....it took a sec, but I got his gist.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Big Bear is getting snow I bet!

What is being delivered at your hacienda?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Posting a picture from the area where I was reared...NW Kansas:

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Photos of a buried vehicle on October 28, 1997 from a Kansas Blizzard!

Can you see the antenna? - - - - - - - See the antenna now?

Identify correct vehicle! - - - - - - View from opened road.

[ErnBatavia]

Nothing yet in the eastern Coachella Valley, but it looks like it’s gettin’ close!

[BurbankKarl]

someone just hydroplaned off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro....

[lainie]

That’ll ruin your day.

The CHP site is really bogged.

Our rain appears to have ended but you guys are going to be dealing with it for a lot longer.

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/

[BurbankKarl]

Socal driver has zero clue how to rock herself out of this situation, and pull into the plowed lane...

[mfccinsd]

We used to have a site that got posted that tracked current rainfall amounts, do you recall what it was? We’ve had heavy, heavy rain for over 90 minutes now in San Diego and we’re all curious how much we’ve gotten. It’s been non-stop...we rarely get rain this heavy for this long in our particular area!

[lainie]

Where were the pics, San Bernardinos?

We got 0.33” out here near Edwards AFB. The radar showed wintry mix/snow near Mohave for quite awhile.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Drawing a blank,...but I found this for the Bay area:

HYDROLOGY-METEOROLOGY DATA REPORT PART 5

and it says.....

THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS PROVISIONAL DATA FROM AUTOMATED GAUGES : THIS DATA HAS NOT BEEN SCREENED OR VERIFIED FOR ACCURACY

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So maybe the San Diego NWS has automated rain gauges?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And google found this :

National Weather Service
Precipitation Analysis

And this is for California,...colorcoded map:

California Map

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Map is interactive....

[mfccinsd]

Thanks so much!

[BurbankKarl]

That is the 330 in Running Springs

[BurbankKarl]

I-5 at Tejon Ranch

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Brrr...

[Brad's Gramma]

Can’t see said mountains due to the clouds.....

Karl promised me snow tomorrow. Yep. Snow in The OC. He PROMISED!

[Brad's Gramma]

Pretty!!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Snow on the I- 35 thru Cajon promised also:

Cajon snow alert

Well it should be snowing quite well in Cajon Pass tonight. Today it was 27 degrees from Devore to Summit at 730am and never got above 43 degrees. Snow is scheduled, ok supposed to start falling around 3am tonight. It should be a good one!

__________________
Dave - Riverside, Ca.
See more of my train photos at: http://community.webshots.com/user/firehouse16

[pollywog]

Finally able to get on the internet. We had a torrential down pour here in Eagle Rock last night or should say wee hours am this morning, knocking out our power. We lost power then (2:30am) and have been without power until this afternoon. And oh has it been cold inside and out!

Just finished another gullywash around 5pm...

Polly

[lainie]

I'm sure you'll forgive me being really happy about this:

Statement as of 10:07 PM PST on December 16, 2008

Winter Storm Warning now in effect until 8 PM PST Wednesday...

The National Weather Service in Los Angeles/Oxnard has issued a
Winter Storm Warning for the combination of strong winds and heavy
snow. This warning is in effect until 8 PM PST Wednesday.

Heavy snow will develop tonight as the ingredients come together
especially in the foothills and the eastern portion of the valley.
Snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches with locally higher amounts
to 12 inches are expected through Wednesday evening. In
addition... northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with
gusts to 40 mph will develop Wednesday.

Motorists traveling along Highway 14 and 138 should prepare for
treacherous winter driving conditions. If possible... motorists
should delay travel through the Antelope Valley until conditions improve.

A Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow means severe winter weather
conditions are expected or occurring. Significant amounts of snow
are forecast that will make travel dangerous. Only travel in an
emergency. If you must travel... keep an extra flashlight...
food... and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency.

[BurbankKarl]

Heavy snow 138...

are you seeing any?