NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
A FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY UNTIL 7 PM PST
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. AT 345 PM PST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE... THE SOUTH COAST OF SANTA BARBARA AND THE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY. RADAR INDICATED THAT THESE SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR. IN ADDITION... SPOTTERS IN THE REGION WERE REPORTING HEAVY RAIN OF EIGHT TENTHS OF AN INCH IN A HALF HOUR.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR LIKELY. IT IS GENERALLY IN THE FORM OF STREET FLOODING OR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS FIELDS OR UNDERPASSES. RESIDENTS MUST STILL USE GOOD JUDGMENT AND AVOID FLOODED AREAS.