NWS San Diego CAFF.W 0013October 11, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Orange, CA
The National Weather Service office in San Diego issued a flash flood warning for Orange in California, in force until 7:00 a.m. local time on October 11. It was the 13th flash flood warning the NWS office in San Diego issued in 2026. California had 9 flash flood warnings in October 2026, against 9 in an average October of 2008-2025 (California's flash flood warnings by year).
Warning
In force for 3 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, San Diego CA
- Area
- Orange
- State
- California
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:02 a.m. PDT, October 11, 2026
- Expires
- 7:00 a.m. PDT, October 11, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KSGX FF.W 0013
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in California since 2008Every warning type in California
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The notice as issued
FFWSGX The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern Orange County in southwestern California... * Until 700 AM PDT. * At 402 AM PDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain falling across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1 inch in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... San Clemente, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Juan Capistrano, Las Flores, Ortega Highway and Coto De Caza.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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The record around this notice
- Flash Flood Warnings in California since 2008177 a year
- Every warning type in California
- Flash Flood Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most3,924 a year
- NWS notices, October 20266,064 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels