490  
WGUS86 KLOX 180914  
FLSLOX  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  
114 AM PST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
CAC079-083-181400-  
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SAN LUIS OBISPO CA-SANTA BARBARA CA-  
114 AM PST WED FEB 18 2026  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 600 AM PST.  
 
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  
ROCK AND MUD SLIDES POSSIBLE. MINOR DEBRIS FLOWS POSSIBLE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 113 AM PST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY SHOWERS 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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