Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1998, 9:00 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
- Mar 13, 1998, 9:00 PM PST (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1998, 10:00 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 05:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS1 KLAX 140501 RRA
TORLAX
CAC037-140600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
900 PM PST FRI MAR 13 1998
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1000 PM
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
SOUTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
...AFFECTING THE CITIES OF LONG BEACH...TORRANCE...
WILMINGTON...AND HAWTHORNE...
AT 855 PM...DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUE TO SHOW WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...EXTENDING
SOUTHWEST AND OFFSHORE.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING MULTIPLE WATERSPOUTS OVER
THE SAN PEDRO CHANNEL...ALONG WITH AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A
TORNADO NEAR LONG BEACH EARLIER THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH DARKNESS
HAS PREVENTED THE OBSERVATION OF MORE WATERSPOUTS...DOPPLER RADARS
SHOW WIND PATTERNS CONSISTENT WITH CONTINUED WATERSPOUT ACTIVITY.
THUS...THE THREAT FOR THESE WATERPOUTS TO MOVE ONSHORE TO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING.
TORNADOES PRESENT A PARTICULAR HAZARD AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE
DIFFICULT TO OBSERVE. HOWEVER...THEY SOMETIMES ARE REVEALED WHEN
POWER LINES OR TRANSFORMERS ARE DESTROYED IN A SHOWER OF ELECTRICAL
SPARKS. IF YOU OBSERVE A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM OF A STRONG BUILDING. IF OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A LOW SPOT
LIKE A CULVERT OR DITCH.
SWEET/GOMBERGThe 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, 7:05 PM PST | Tornado Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 55 min |
| Mar 13, 8:00 PM PST | Tornado Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 60 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in California, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.