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Gale Warning 5, NWS Los Angeles, CA

March 21, 2009

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this gale warning at Mar 21, 2009, 2:28 PM PDT. It took effect at Mar 22, 2009, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 40 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
Mar 21, 2009, 2:28 PM PDT (21:28 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 22, 2009, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 24, 2009, 3:17 AM PDT
In force
40 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Mar 21, 2:00 PM PDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 2:00 PM PDT, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 6:00 AM PDT, 8 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PDT SAT MAR 21 2009

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-221300-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY-
600 AM PDT SAT MAR 21 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
BRINGING RAIN AREAS NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION.

* MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS *

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A STRONG AND COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN...SNOW ABOVE 3000
FEET...STRONG WINDS...AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA. GALE
FORCE WINDS WILL BE EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WITH
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT.
OVER THE MOUNTAINS...SNOWFALL COULD COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO
CREATE TREACHEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT.

* HIGH WIND WATCH............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* WINTER STORM WATCH.........SEE WWUS46 KLOX - WSWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS *

* GALE WATCH...............SEE WHUS76 KLOX - MWWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

HALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 4:11 AM PDTHigh Wind WatchLOX18 hr
Mar 21, 1:27 PM PDTCoastal Flood StatementLOX49 hr
Mar 21, 3:08 PM PDTWind AdvisoryLOX7 hr
Mar 21, 3:30 PM PDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOX6 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in California, 2009Every gale warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.