Flash Flood Warning in Los Angeles County, California
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED11/15/2025 5:36:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Likely
11/15/2025 5:36:00 AM until 11/15/2025 12:00:00 PM
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING
OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
This is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall will cause
extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks...streams...and
ditches in the Palisades Burn Scar and Franklin Burn Scar. Severe
debris flows can also be anticipated across roads. Roads and
driveways may be washed away in places.
A Flash Flood Warning for a recent burn area means that flooding and
debris flows are imminent or occurring. Residents living in or
immediately downstream should take immediate precautions. Once
again, do not attempt to travel unless fleeing an area subject to
flooding or under an evacuation order.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
FFWLOX
The National Weather Service in Los Angeles/Oxnard has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Palisades Burn Scar and The Franklin Burn Scar in...
Southwestern Los Angeles County of southwestern California...
* Until noon PST Saturday.
* At 536 AM PST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Palisades Burn Scar
and the Franklin Burn Scar. The expected rainfall rate is 0.2 to
0.5 inches in 15 minutes. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to
begin shortly.
Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow
moving through the Palisades Burn Scar and the Franklin Burn Scar.
The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose
materials.
HAZARD...Life threatening debris flows in and around the
Palisades Burn Scar and the Franklin Burn Scar.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Mud, rock, and debris flows will impact drainages,
roads, and residences in and directly below the burn
area.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Eastern Malibu, Encino, Topanga State Park, Pacific Palisades,
Brentwood, Topanga Canyon Road through the Santa Monica Mountains,
Mandeville Canyon and Malibu Canyon and Los Virgenes Roads through
the Santa Monica Mountains.