864  
WGUS86 KLOX 180145  
FLSLOX  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  
545 PM PST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
CAC079-083-181100-  
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
SAN LUIS OBISPO CA-SANTA BARBARA CA-  
545 PM PST TUE FEB 17 2026  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 300 AM PST WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  
ROCK AND MUD SLIDES POSSIBLE. MINOR DEBRIS FLOWS POSSIBLE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 540 PM PST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY SHOWERS AND  
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION. ACTIVITY  
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. MINOR  
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE  
ADVISORY AREA, AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ROCK  
AND MUD SLIDES POSSIBLE. MINOR DEBRIS FLOWS POSSIBLE.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
SANTA MARIA, SANTA BARBARA, SAN LUIS OBISPO, LOMPOC, PASO  
ROBLES, MORRO BAY, PISMO BEACH, SANTA YNEZ, POINT CONCEPTION,  
MONTECITO, ATASCADERO, ARROYO GRANDE, NIPOMO, CARPINTERIA,  
CAMBRIA, SOLVANG, VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, ORCUTT, LOS  
ALAMOS AND HIGHWAY 101 THROUGH GAVIOTA STATE PARK. AND, THE  
GIFFORD AND MADRE BURN SCARS, LAKE BURN SCAR.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ROCK SLIDES AND MUD SLIDES IN AREAS OF  
STEEP TERRAIN.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3579 12019 3561 12019 3561 12009 3553 12009  
3544 12000 3544 11988 3526 11981 3526 11967  
3518 11967 3518 11955 3509 11956 3508 11947  
3438 11948 3435 11942 3437 12046 3451 12070  
3510 12073 3517 12094 3538 12096 3580 12135  
 

 
 
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