Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2004, 10:43 PM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2004, 10:43 PM PST (06:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2004, 11:30 PM PST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Los Angeles County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 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.
628 WFUS56 KLOX 290643 TORLOX CAC037-290730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 1034 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA INCLUDING PALOS VERDES...SAN PERDO...ROLLING HILLS... TORRANCE AND CARSON * UNTIL 1130 PM PST * AT 1026 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 22 MILES SOUTH OF PALOS VERDES ESTATES...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONG BEACH...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... PALOS VERDES ESTATES BY 1055 PM PST TORRANCE AND REDONDO BEACH BY 1100 PM PST MANHATTAN BEACH AND 8 MILES WEST OF COMPTON BY 1105 PM PST INGLEWOOD BY 1110 PM PST WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3347 11850 3346 11829 3399 11821 3401 11849 $$ BRUNO/RAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 4:48 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 57 min | |
| Dec 28, 5:29 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 61 min | |
| Dec 28, 5:40 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 65 min | |
| Dec 28, 8:20 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 3 hr | |
| Dec 28, 10:10 PM PST | Tornado Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 50 min |
| Dec 28, 10:12 PM PST | Tornado Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 48 min |
| Dec 28, 11:30 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 3 hr | |
| Dec 29, 1:50 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:37 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 7:30 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 2 hr |
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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.