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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 8, 2009Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at Jan 8, 2009, 3:17 PM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Jan 9, 2009, 8:30 AM PST. It was in force for 8 days. 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 8, 2009, 3:17 PM PST (23:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2009, 8:30 AM PST
Expired: Jan 17, 2009, 8:51 AM PST
In force: 8 days
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 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Jan 8, 2:10 PM PST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 2:10 PM PST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 3:15 PM PST, 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
315 PM PST THU JAN 8 2009

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-091400-
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-
315 PM PST THU JAN 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COASTS OF LOS
ANGELES...VENTURA...AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES. GALE FORCE WINDS
WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER THE OUTER WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PATCH DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING AND SEAS
CONDITIONS EARLY ON FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
FORM BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER MOST OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
COUNTIES...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. THESE WINDS MAY
PRODUCE DAMAGING GUSTS UP TO AROUND 70 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE
WINDS...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH FAIRLY DRY FUEL
CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH.

* RED FLAG WARNING...........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

KITTELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 8, 2:25 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	LOX		7 hr
Jan 8, 9:20 AM PST	Gale Warning	LOX		24 hr
Jan 8, 3:11 PM PST	High Wind Watch	LOX	Los Angeles	12 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in California, 2009 Every red flag 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.