Tornado Warning 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES CA
130 PM PDT TUE AUG 14 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT...

SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT.

RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN IN A CELL SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN PASS AT 1 PM. THIS
CELL IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE ON THE INCREASE
IN THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND TRAVELLERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND LOCAL BLOWING DUST AND SAND REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO.

WIND GUSTS WITH THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH 50 MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIlVITY IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ELSEWHERE
IN THE DESERTS...MAINLY SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS SOUTHWARD AND OVER THE
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED ABOUT 4 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED.

STARMER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES CA
250 PM PDT TUE AUG 14 1990

...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHEAST MOJAVE DESERT...

AT 230 PM THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON...RADAR DETECTED A VERY HEAVY THUNDER
STORM BETWEEN SHOSHONE AND MOUNTAIN PASS IN THE NORTHEAST MOJAVE DESERT.
MAXIMUM RADAR TOPS EXTENDED TO 51 THOUSAND FEET.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY AFFECT TRAVEL
ON STATE HIGHWAY 127 FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

ALSO...A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED NEAR ESSEX IN EASTERN SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY...AND AN ISOLATED STORM IS DEVELOPING NEAR 29 PALMS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE DESERTS FOR THE NEX
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SEVERAL HOURS...AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REMINDS YOU TO USE
EXTRA CAUTION...AND AVOID FLOODED WASHES AND DIPS IN THE ROAD.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 340 PM.

GREBE

STATE FORECAST FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES CA
430 PM PDT TUE AUG 14 1990

COASTAL AREAS
NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS WITH LOCAL DRIZZLE...MOSTLY CLEARING
AFTERNOON HOURS EXCEPT ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THURSDAY.  HIGHS NEAR
70 ALONG THE BEACHES TO NEAR 80 INLAND ORANGE COUNTY CITIES...TO THE
UPPER 80S WARMER INLAND VALLEYS.  LOWS IN THE 60S.

MOUNTAIN AREAS

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN SAN BERNARRDINO...WESTERN
RIVERSIDE...SAN DIEGO AND WESTERN IMPERIAL COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM...

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...MAINLY SOUTHERN RANGES WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAIN.  PARTLY CLOUDY AFTERNOONS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SOUTHERN RANGES.  RESORT HIGHS IN THE 80S.
LOWS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S.
DESERT AREAS

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR SAN BERNARDINO...RIVERSIDE
   AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES...

PARTLY CLOUDY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.  STORMS HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...LARGE HAIL...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.  PARTLY CLOUDY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...EASTERN
DESERTS...OTHERWISE FAIR SKIES.  HIGHS IN THE MID 90S TO 105.  LOWS IN
THE MID 50S TO MID 60S OWENS VALLEY...MID 60S TO MID 70S NORTHERN
DESERTS...AND MID 70S TO MID 80S SOUTHERN DESERTS.

GREBE