STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 10 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM... NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 1 PM PST WED FEB 23 2005 ...STORM SYSTEM BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE SAN LUIS REY AND SAN DIEGO RIVER. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY IN NEVADA...AS WELL AS LAKE HAVASU...FORT MOHAVE...LAKE MEADE...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...AND THE NORTHWEST DESERTS IN ARIZONA...AS WELL AS THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA...BUT HAVE EXPIRED FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND SNOW ADVISORIES ARE SET TO EXPIRE FOR THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS AT 6 PM PDT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AND HIGH SURF ADVISORIES HAVE ALSO EXPIRED FOR THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. AT 1 PM PST..THE CENTER OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 32.6N 116.5W..OR APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES EAST OF SAN DIEGO LINDBERGH FIELD. THIS STORM WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BRINGING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO AN END. ...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH 4 AM WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22... OPIDS CAMP............22.13 OLD MAN MOUNTAIN......18.68 SISAR PEAK............16.94 MATILIJA CYN..........16.45 TANBARK...............14.66 ROSE VALLEY...........13.95 NORDOFF RIDGE.........13.78 LOS PRIETOS...........13.78 ROCKY PEAK............12.17 MT BALDY..............11.67 CLAREMONT..............9.85 DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...9.14 VAN NUYS...............8.85 WHITTIER HILS..........8.55 LONG BEACH.............8.18 OXNARD.................7.78 SANTA MONICA...........6.81 RAINFALL THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS YIELD THE THIRD WETTEST RAINY SEASON ON RECORD FOR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...MAKING IT THE WETTEST RAINY SEASON IN 115 YEARS. A TOTAL OF 33.87 INCHES HAD FALLEN AS OF 6 AM PST THIS MORNING. THIS RAINY SEASON ALSO NOW RANKS AS THE THIRD WETTEST ON RECORD AT SAN DIEGO LINDBERGH FIELD WITH 19.21 INCHES TOTAL SO FAR. RADAR SHOWS THE BULK OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS PUSHED INTO THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. THIS HAS SHIFTED THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION AWAY FROM THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. ONLY ADDITIONAL LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING FARTHER EAST. THIS IS THE FINAL STORM SUMMARY THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS SYSTEM. PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS STORM. FRIES