EDIS - Flash flood watch in effect for santa barbara... ventura... and los angeles counties through monday morning

[EDIS] Flash flood watch in effect for santa barbara... ventura... and los angeles counties through monday morning

- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY -

THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS WILL DECREASE MONDAY... HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS AND THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED TO COVER THOSE AREAS MONDAY. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... INCLUDING LOS ANGELES... VENTURA... AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. ALTHOUGH THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE IN LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR BURN AREAS...STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSE A THREAT ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME.

Instruction:
.MOISTURE FROM WHAT WAS HURRICANE DEAN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING GENERATING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AT GREATEST RISK WILL BE LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR BURN AREAS WHERE THE THRESHOLD FOR MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IS CONSIDERABLY LOWER. ALTHOUGH MOST SHOWERS WILL BE ISOLATED...THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR COULD BE POSSIBLE. THIS..WITH THE COMBINATION OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL FLOW COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ANYWHERE IN THE WATCH AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ISOLATED AND MANY AREAS WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY MEASURABLE RAIN. HOWEVER...WHERE THUNDERSTORMS FORM...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AND RESIDENTS... TRAVELERS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS NEED TO BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF AND WHEN HEAVY RAIN BEGINS. 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.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

Affected Counties or parts of: Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles,