CA: California Watches and Warnings - Socal flash flood warnings

Accuweather ^ | TUE DEC 18 2007 1033 AM PST | NWS

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1033 AM PST TUE DEC 18 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ORANGE COUNTY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS AND
ON STEEP TERRAIN...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT.
BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST TO FALL DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS FORECAST FOR THE AFTERNOON...WITH
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING DURING THE EVENING THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE GROUND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SATURATED BY
THIS EVENING...AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OCCURRING LATER MAY PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING. MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND BELOW THE
AREAS BURNED IN THE SANTIAGO...GRASS VALLEY...AND SLIDE WILDFIRES
IN OCTOBER.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BURN AREAS IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL THAT RAINFALL INTENSITIES COULD REACH OR EXCEED
THRESHOLDS...AS DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY...DEEMED TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WITH MUD
AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND AROUND THE BURN AREAS.

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ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
1033 AM PST TUE DEC 18 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* FROM 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WITH RAINFALL RATES OF A HALF INCH OR MORE
PER HOUR DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT.

* FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...LOW LYING AREAS OF THE COASTAL
PLAIN...MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND BELOW THE AREAS BURNED
DURING THE SANTIAGO...GRASS VALLEY...AND SLIDE WILDFIRES AND IN
STEEP TERRAIN.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BURN AREAS IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL THAT RAINFALL INTENSITIES COULD REACH OR EXCEED
THRESHOLDS...AS DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY...DEEMED TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WITH MUD
AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND AROUND THE BURN AREAS.

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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
445 AM PST TUE DEC 18 2007

CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-182200-
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-
445 AM PST TUE DEC 18 2007

...A PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY...

A FAST MOVING PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDINESS WITH A
CHANCE OF RAIN TODAY MAINLY IN ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES.
RAIN WILL BE MORE LIKELY OVER AND WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AS
THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...LINGERING WEDNESDAY.

PRELIMINARY RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM ABOUT AN INCH NEAR THE
ORANGE COUNTY COAST TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES ON THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN
SLOPES OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL GENERALLY BE
LESS OVER WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES...RANGING FROM A
HALF INCH AT THE COAST TO AN INCH OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGH
DESERTS COULD GET AROUND A HALF INCH OF RAIN WHILE THE LOWER DESERTS
SHOULD WILL RECEIVE LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN. THE SNOW LEVEL
WILL BE RATHER HIGH...ABOVE 7000 FEET. NEW SNOWFALL AT ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 7500 FEET COULD EXCEED A FOOT. MODERATELY STRONG GUSTY WINDS
WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH
DESERTS.

IN ORANGE COUNTY AND THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS THESE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS AND RATES COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...AS WELL AS MUD
SLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Caps are from the NWS.......

[dakine]

No luck out there...

[SevenofNine]

SURF UP

[afnamvet]

Prayers up for my FRiends and their families down south. Stay safe and aware.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I have been rooting around in my archives and found an old ping list...

Send me a note for additions or removals....

[Parley Baer]

Interesting that the earlier weather report had maybe a 1/4” of rain at most with no flash flooding.

Now it is up to over and inch of rain with flooding. The clowns are forcasting global warming and yet the weather people cannot get the weather straight within 12 hours. Give me a break.

[NormsRevenge]

Raining pretty good in the Bay Area..

[kellynla]

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* FROM 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WITH RAINFALL RATES OF A HALF INCH OR MORE PER HOUR DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT.

* FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...LOW LYING AREAS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN...MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND BELOW THE AREAS BURNED DURING THE SANTIAGO...GRASS VALLEY...AND SLIDE WILDFIRES AND IN STEEP TERRAIN.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BURN AREAS IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT RAINFALL INTENSITIES COULD REACH OR EXCEED THRESHOLDS...AS DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...DEEMED TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WITH MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND AROUND THE BURN AREAS.

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.
http://www.weather.com

A little easier on the eyes. LOL

[al baby]

Hi whana play mayor and the reportor today its raining

[SouthTexas]

Are you in this or has it already passed over the north?

[ElkGroveDan]

We are looking at overnight lows of 31 and showers up here on Thursday.

I saw snow every now and then as a kid in LA’s foothills, but never in Sacramento these past 14 years. I can’t wait to hear what the global warmists say about that if we do get snow this week.

http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USCA0347.html

[kellynla]

Here she comes...

[BurbankKarl]

well you know, it is extreme weather because it is hotter in Algore’s brain.

[rom]

Get with the program! It’s Global Climate change now, sheesh.
Global Warming is sooo 2006.

You shouldn’t call them liberals either btw. They’re now progressives.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Looks like the head of an arrow....

[Fitzcarraldo]

The trouble is, climate change is the norm.

Ultimately I think their goal is to reduce the human population by a factor of 100 or more.

[NormsRevenge]

Incoming!

The skies are lightening here.. Good luck!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Ski resorts are going to be happy.

We had a mist this morning and now seeing some small blue openings....doesn't look like that ...will last much longer.

[gpapa]

The sun is still shining in South Orange County. 1:15 pm pst

[SevenofNine]

OH LORDY LOL!

BTW I hope your SO CAL mistress is okay with all this rain do you have one in Valley that always get flooded when we have big rain storm LOL!