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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Los Angeles, CA

March 13, 1998Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1998, 7:05 PM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It was in force for 55 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: Mar 13, 1998, 7:05 PM PST (03:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 1998, 8:00 PM PST
In force: 55 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 03:09 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.

547 
WFUS1 KLAX 140304 RRA
TORLAX
CAC037-PZZ655-140400-

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

...TORNADO/SPECIAL MARINE WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 800 PM 
   FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

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

AT 7 PM...DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. NUMEROUS WATERSPOUTS HAD BEEN REPORTED
FROM THESE STORMS OFFSHORE...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOS ACROSS THE ABOVE AREAS. IN ADDITION...THESE NEARLY
STATIONARY STORMS COULD PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...AND HAIL.

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 4:30 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	2 hr
Mar 13, 6:00 PM PST	Tornado Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	60 min
Mar 13, 6:25 PM PST	Flash Flood Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	2 hr
Mar 13, 8:00 PM PST	Tornado Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	60 min
Mar 13, 9:00 PM PST	Tornado Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.