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Freeze Warning 7, NWS Los Angeles, CA

December 5, 2011

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this freeze warning at Dec 5, 2011, 3:30 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 6, 2011, 3:00 AM PST. It was in force for 6 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: Dec 5, 2011, 3:30 PM PST (23:30 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 6, 2011, 3:00 AM PST
Expired: Dec 6, 2011, 9:00 AM PST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Dec 5, 2:30 PM PST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 2:30 PM PST, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 5, 6:30 AM PST, 9 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
630 AM PST MON DEC 5 2011

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-061400-
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-
630 AM PST MON DEC 5 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
COUNTIES FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH WILL CAUSE
ANOTHER INCREASE IN FIRE DANGER. STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE
MOUNTAINS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. AREAS OF FROST WILL LAST
THROUGH MID MORNING ON THE CENTRAL COAST...THE SANTA YNEZ
VALLEY...THE SOUTH COAST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...AND IN THE OJAI
VALLEY.

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

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

* FREEZE WARNING.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* FROST ADVISORY.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF
LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES...WHICH WILL CAUSE HIGH FIRE DANGER. STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND MOST VALLEY AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND
VENTURA COUNTIES THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE.
GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL PLAIN AND
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS FROM MALIBU TO
HOLLYWOOD MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF FROST ON THE CENTRAL COAST...IN THE
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY...ON THE SOUTH COAST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...AND
IN THE OJAI VALLEY THROUGH MID MORNING DURING THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH
MID MORNING HOURS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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

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

* FREEZE WARNING.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* FROST ADVISORY.............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

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

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

ASR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 5, 2:57 PM PST, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 5, 3:10 PM PST, 20 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	Lasted
Dec 4, 9:40 PM PST	Freeze Warning	LOX	11 hr
Dec 5, 4:33 AM PST	Freeze Watch	LOX	11 hr
Dec 5, 8:37 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	LOX	30 hr
Dec 5, 3:30 PM PST	Frost Advisory	LOX	18 hr
Dec 5, 3:30 PM PST	Freeze Watch	LOX	23 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in California, 2011 Every freeze warning in 2011

Sources

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