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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 9, 1998Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 1998, 2:25 PM PST for Los Angeles 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: Jan 9, 1998, 2:25 PM PST (22:25 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 1998, 3:25 PM PST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area: Whole counties

County Los Angeles County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

797 
WFUS1 KLAX 092228 RRA
TORLAX
CAC037-092255-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
225 PM PST FRI JAN 9 1998

...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 325 PM 
   FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

      SOUTHWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...

AT 215 PM PST...A SPOTTER AT LONG BEACH REPORTED A TORNADO IN LONG
BEACH AT SPRING AND PALOS VERDES STREETS NEAR CUBBERLEY ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH TOWARDS THE COMMUNITIES OF LOS ALAMITOS...CERRITOS...
ARTESIA...NORWALK AND LA MIRADA.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A 
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR
CUSHIONS TO PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  AVOID WINDOWS.

DANIELSON

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.