Weather Forecast from the National Weather Service: ... POTENTIAL FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL TRACK THROUGH SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. ALONG THE FRONT... THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LINES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY INTENSE RAINFALL... STRONG WINDS... AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS... INCLUDING COASTAL AND VALLEY COMMUNITIES... CAPABLE OF WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS AND SMALL TORNADOES... ESPECIALLY ACROSS COASTAL VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES COULD BRIEFLY REACH ONE INCH PER HOUR WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... WHICH WOULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT URBAN ROADWAY FLOODING AS WELL AS DANGEROUS ROCK AND MUD SLIDE ACTIVITY. IN ADDITION... THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING AND MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN THE RECENT BURN AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... WHERE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT. THE DURATION OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND ANY ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY BE SHORT LIVED... WITH A DURATION LESS THAN TWO HOURS. AT THIS TIME... THE TIMING OF THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST... SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURA COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT... FINALLY REACHING THE LOS ANGELES BASIN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A COLD AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT... BRINGING A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO FRIDAY EVENING... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS... GUSTY WINDS... AND SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THIS STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM BRINGS A THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGE TO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 05:39:09 +0000
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