THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA... SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 400 AM PST.

* AT 1255 AM PST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AND MOST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES WERE GENERALLY BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE THIRD OF AN INCH PER HOUR WITH LOCAL RATES UP TO NEARLY 0.50 INCHES PER HOUR. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. ROADWAYS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE HIGHWAYS 1 AND 101, AND HIGHWAYS 166 AND 246.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE SANTA MARIA, SAN LUIS OBISPO, LOMPOC, PASO ROBLES, MORRO BAY, PISMO BEACH, SANTA YNEZ AND ATASCADERO.