National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for southwestern LA County

Alert Message has been issued by the LASD - Headquarters Newsroom (SHB), Los Angeles County Sheriff.


Sunday March 20, 2011 7:49 PM PDT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LA COUNTY UNTIL 9:00 PM.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA UNTIL 900 PM PDT

* AT 725 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

WHILE RAINFALL RATES HAVE DROPPED OFF SOMEWHAT... SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS IN THE TOPANGA CANYON AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING.

ELSEWHERE...THE RAIN WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IN WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY INCLUDING THE 101 FREEWAY FROM WOODLAND HILLS THROUGH RESEDA AND ON PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY FROM MALIBU TO PACIFIC PALISADES. ROCK SLIDES AND MUD SLIDES ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND CANYON ROADS THROUGH THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

TO KEEP UP TO DATE REGARDING FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS, PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
For full details, go to https://local.nixle.com/alert/4668561/?sub_id=42580.
Contact Information:
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau