Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 26, 1997, 5:00 AM PST for Santa Barbara County, California. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 26, 1997, 5:00 AM PST (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 26, 1997, 6:00 AM PST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Santa Barbara County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 48 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLAX 261304 RRA
SVRLAX
CAC083-261400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
500 AM PST WED NOV 26 1997
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 600 AM FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
...EASTERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS...
AT 455 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CUYAMA SOUTHWARD TO THE EASTERN
TIP OF SANTA CRUZ ISLAND. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT GOLETA...SANTA BARBARA AND
MONTECITO BY 6 AM. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH
WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY PASSED THROUGH THE WESTERN PART OF
THE COUNTY EARLIER THIS MORNING.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
BRUNOWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 3:55 AM PST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
CAZ026>062-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 400 AM PST WED NOV 26 1997 ...HOLIDAY OUTLOOK FOR THANKSGIVING DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .COASTS AND VALLEYS... ...THANKSGIVING DAY... SHOWERS ENDING. LOWS IN THE 50S. HIGHS IN THE 60S. ...FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE 40S TO MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE 60S. ...SATURDAY... MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY...THEN INCREASING CLOUDS LATE IN THE DAY. LOWS IN THE 40S TO MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE 60S. ...SUNDAY... A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE 40S TO MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE 60S. .MOUNTAINS... ...THANKSGIVING DAY... SHOWERS DECREASING DURING THE DAY. SNOW LEVELS 4000 FEET NORTH TO 5000 FEET SOUTH. LOWS IN THE 20S TO MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO LOWER 40S. ...FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE 20S TO MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO UPPER 50S. ...SATURDAY... INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE 20S TO MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO UPPER 50S. ...SUNDAY... A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S AND 40S. .DESERTS... ...THANKSGIVING DAY... SHOWERS ENDING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. SNOW LEVELS 4500 FEET IN OWENS VALLEY. LOWS FROM THE UPPER 20S OWENS VALLEY TO THE UPPER 40S SOUTHERN DESERTS. HIGHS FROM THE 40S IN OWENS VALLEY TO THE 60S SOUTHERN DESERTS. ...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS FROM THE 20S OWENS VALLEY TO THE 40S SOUTHERN DESERTS. HIGHS FROM NEAR 50 OWENS VALLEY TO NEAR 70 SOUTHERN DESERTS. ...SUNDAY... INCREASING CLOUDS. A CHANCE OF RAIN...MAINLY NORTH. LOWS FROM THE MID 20S TO MID 30S OWENS VALLEY TO THE 40S SOUTHERN DESERTS. HIGHS FROM THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S OWENS VALLEY TO THE UPPER 60S SOUTHERN DESERTS. F SWEET
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 4:00 AM PST, 1 hour before
CAZ026>062-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 400 AM PST WED NOV 26 1997 ...HOLIDAY OUTLOOK FOR THANKSGIVING DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .COASTS AND VALLEYS... ...THANKSGIVING DAY... SHOWERS ENDING. LOWS IN THE 50S. HIGHS IN THE 60S. ...FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE 40S TO MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE 60S. ...SATURDAY... MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY...THEN INCREASING CLOUDS LATE IN THE DAY. LOWS IN THE 40S TO MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE 60S. ...SUNDAY... A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE 40S TO MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE 60S. .MOUNTAINS... ...THANKSGIVING DAY... SHOWERS DECREASING DURING THE DAY. SNOW LEVELS 4000 FEET NORTH TO 5000 FEET SOUTH. LOWS IN THE 20S TO MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO LOWER 40S. ...FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE 20S TO MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO UPPER 50S. ...SATURDAY... INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE 20S TO MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO UPPER 50S. ...SUNDAY... A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S AND 40S. .DESERTS... ...THANKSGIVING DAY... SHOWERS ENDING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. SNOW LEVELS 4500 FEET IN OWENS VALLEY. LOWS FROM THE UPPER 20S OWENS VALLEY TO THE UPPER 40S SOUTHERN DESERTS. HIGHS FROM THE 40S IN OWENS VALLEY TO THE 60S SOUTHERN DESERTS. ...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS FROM THE 20S OWENS VALLEY TO THE 40S SOUTHERN DESERTS. HIGHS FROM NEAR 50 OWENS VALLEY TO NEAR 70 SOUTHERN DESERTS. ...SUNDAY... INCREASING CLOUDS. A CHANCE OF RAIN...MAINLY NORTH. LOWS FROM THE MID 20S TO MID 30S OWENS VALLEY TO THE 40S SOUTHERN DESERTS. HIGHS FROM THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S OWENS VALLEY TO THE UPPER 60S SOUTHERN DESERTS. SWEET
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 3:13 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 47 min |
| Nov 26, 4:00 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 60 min |
| Nov 26, 9:20 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 70 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.