Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 2008, 11:21 AM PST for Santa Barbara County, California. It was in force for 24 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
- Jan 27, 2008, 11:21 AM PST (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2008, 11:45 AM PST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Santa Barbara County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 27, 10:00 AM PST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 10:00 AM PST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 6:00 AM PST, 5 hours 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 9:30 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 30 min |
| Jan 27, 3:28 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.