Flash Flood Watch
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA

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Flood Watch
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
253 AM PDT Wed Mar 12 2025

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Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands-Santa Clarita Valley-Santa
Barbara County Southwestern Coast-Santa Barbara County
Southeastern Coast-Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range-Santa Ynez
Mountains Eastern Range-Ventura County Beaches-Ventura County
Inland Coast-Lake Casitas-Ojai Valley-Central Ventura County
Valleys-Malibu Coast-Los Angeles County Beaches-Palos Verdes
Hills-Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los
Angeles-Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area-Eastern
Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area-Calabasas and Agoura
Hills-Western San Fernando Valley-Eastern San Fernando Valley-
Southeastern Ventura County Valleys-Santa Susana Mountains-
Interstate 5 Corridor-Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway
14 Corridor-Eastern San Gabriel Mountains-Los Angeles County San
Gabriel Valley-
Including the cities of Burbank, Santa Paula, San Marcos Pass,
LAX, Hollywood, Camarillo, Malibu Bowl, Santa Clarita, Pacific
Palisades, Gaviota, Long Beach, Mill Creek, Pyramid Lake, Culver
City, Chatsworth, La Canada Flintridge, Thousand Oaks, Lake
Castaic, Sunland, Avalon, Goleta, Valencia, Topanga, Westlake
Village, Acton, Rancho Palos Verdes, San Gabriel, Redondo Beach,
Santa Barbara, Montecito Hills, East Ventura, Malibu Lake, Van
Nuys, Moorpark, Oxnard, Torrance, Mount Wilson, Fillmore, Port
Hueneme, Ojai, Pomona, Tejon Pass, Carpinteria, Santa Monica,
Universal City, Simi Valley, Downey, Compton, Piru, Wrightwood,
Glendale, El Capitan State Beach, Warm Springs, Jalama Beach, El
Monte, Norwalk, Gorman, The Angeles Crest Highway, East Los
Angeles, Northridge, Pasadena, Meiners Oaks, Ventura, Newbury
Park, Newhall, Beverly Hills, Point Mugu, Refugio State Beach,
Oak View, Oat Mountain, Woodland Hills, Malibu, Mount Baldy, and
Montecito
253 AM PDT Wed Mar 12 2025

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Flash flooding and debris flows caused by excessive
  rainfall are possible.

* WHERE...Much of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties (below 5,000 to
  6,000 feet), and the Santa Barbara County South Coast including
  the Santa Ynez Range. Higher concern for recent burn scars within
  the watch area.

* WHEN...From this evening through Thursday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Potential for heavy rain over the burn scars may trigger
  hazardous and damaging flooding and debris flows. Flooding may
  also occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - Peak rates of 0.5 to 0.75 inch/hr are possible, with a 10 to
    20 percent chance rates of 1.0+ inch/hr (due to thunderstorms
    or heavy showers).
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

&&

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