Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 23
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 3, 1998, 3:30 AM PST for Los Angeles County, Orange County, Ventura County, California. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 1998, 3:30 AM PST (11:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 1998, 8:00 AM PST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Los Angeles County, CA, Orange County, CA, Ventura County, CA
The radar
The Los Angeles radar (KVTX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:11 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:48 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara, Ventura | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:30 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Ventura | 60 min |
| Feb 3, 6:39 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 66 min |
| Feb 3, 7:50 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 55 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 8:00 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Orange, San Diego | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in California, 1998Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.