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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Los Angeles, CA

September 2, 1998Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 1998, 4:48 PM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It was in force for 72 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 1998, 4:48 PM PDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1998, 6:00 PM PDT
In force
72 min
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area
Whole counties

County Los Angeles County, CA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 2, 5:25 PM PDTThunderstorm Wind 52Saugus, CAA severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds across the Saugus area. At the Lily of the Valley Mobile Home Village, numerous trees were uprooted. Also, several automobiles and roof awnings were damaged.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

552 
WUUS1 KLAX 022348 RRA
SVRLAX
CAC037-030020-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
448 PM PDT WED SEP 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWEST LOS ANGELES COUNTY

* UNTIL 600 PM PDT

* AT 445 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTHWEST LOS ANGELES COUNTY BETWEEN I5 AND HIGHWAY 14 NEAR THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AND
WILL CROSS THE I5 BY 5 PM.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SAUGUS AND VALENCIA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 
ROADWAYS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY...MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT CROSS FLOODED 
ROADS. 

DANIELSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 3:01 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles89 min
Sep 2, 3:25 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXVentura65 min
Sep 2, 3:30 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXLos Angeles90 min
Sep 2, 3:40 PM PDTTornado WarningLOXLos Angeles35 min
Sep 2, 3:44 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles76 min
Sep 2, 4:28 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXVentura62 min
Sep 2, 4:55 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles, Ventura95 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.