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Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Los Angeles, CA

October 9, 2008Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at Oct 9, 2008, 9:59 AM PDT for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Oct 9, 2008, 1:40 PM PDT. It was in force for 29 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 9, 2008, 9:59 AM PDT (16:59 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 9, 2008, 1:40 PM PDT
Expired: Oct 10, 2008, 7:00 PM PDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA

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 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Oct 9, 3:15 AM PDT, 6 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 3:15 AM PDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 6:00 AM PDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 9, 3:32 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOX		17 hr
Oct 9, 4:12 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	LOX	Los Angeles	50 hr
Oct 9, 4:38 AM PDT	Marine Weather Statement	LOX		14 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in California, 2008 Every red flag warning in 2008

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.