Tornado Warning 2, NWS Los Angeles, CA

Issued

Mar 13, 1998, 6:00 PM PST (02:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 13, 1998, 7:00 PM PST

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Los Angeles, CA

Area

Whole counties

County Los Angeles County, CA

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING/SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
600 PM PST FRI MAR 13 1998

...A TORNADO/SPECIAL MARINE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 700 PM 
   FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

      SOUTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
      ...AFFECTING THE CITIES OF SEAL BEACH AND LONG BEACH

AT 555 PM DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
AFFECTING SOUTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ALREADY PRODUCED
NUMEROUS WATERSPOUTS OFFSHORE...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOS IN THE CITIES OF SEAL BEACH AND LONG BEACH. THE LINE
OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. 

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.

GOMBERG/DANIELSON

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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.