The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Los Angeles and Ventura County valleys from 10pm tonight through tomorrow afternoon:
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS.
* FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* A VERY MOIST...STRONG...AND POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAINFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES TO THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
* THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS INCLUDING THE BARHAM...GRIFFITH PARK...RANCH...BUCKWEED...MAGIC...SESNON...SAYRE...
MAREK...AND SANTA ANITA BURN AREAS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
Those of you weather watchers interested in statistics might want to take a look at the information from the MESOWEST automated weather reporting station at L.A. County Fire Station 62 in Claremont on Mills Ave. one block south of Mt. Baldy Rd. The station reports wind speed and direction, temperature, precipitation, air pressure, and other weather data hourly.
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