Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 1997, 3:55 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 21, 1997, 3:55 PM PDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1997, 4:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Los Angeles County, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLAX 212255 RRA TORLAX CAC037-212330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 355 PM PDT MON JUL 21 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ...NORTHEASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...FOR THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AT 340 PM A PILOT REPORT INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES EAST OF PALMDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST. THIS TORNADO WAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 138... MOVING AWAY FROM THE TOWN OF PALMDALE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. GOMBERG
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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.