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High Surf Advisory 7, NWS Los Angeles, CA

March 19, 2011

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this high surf advisory at Mar 19, 2011, 12:27 PM PDT. It took effect at Mar 19, 2011, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2011, 12:27 PM PDT (19:27 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 19, 2011, 11:00 PM PDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2011, 9:00 AM PDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Mar 19, 11:40 AM PDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 11:40 AM PDT, 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 6:00 AM PDT, 6 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PDT SAT MAR 19 2011

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-201300-
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 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT WEST FACING BEACHES OF VENTURA COUNTY AND THE
CENTRAL COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS ON ALL AREA BEACHES AS WELL.THERE WILL BE LIGHT TO LOCALLY
MODERATE RAIN TODAY. A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT
AREAS NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION LATE TONIGHT BRINGING INCREASING
RAINFALL TO THE REGION. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT
BEGINNING THIS EVENING FOR LOS ANGELES...VENTURA AND SANTA BARBARA
COUNTIES. STORM AND GALE WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT BEGINNING LATE
TONIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL OF WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH.

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

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

* FLOOD WATCH................SEE WGUS66 KLOX - FFALOX FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS *

* 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 STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY
MONDAY. THE RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PONDING OF WATER ON
AREA ROADWAYS...WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS.
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT RAINFALL RATES COULD BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE
PROBLEMS IN AND BELOW THE RECENT BURN AREAS. STRONG AND POSSIBLY
DAMAGING SOUTH WINDS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A STORM AND GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT ON SUNDAY
WITH THE POTENTIAL OF WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH. ANOTHER STORM
SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE REGION DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

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

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

* FLOOD WATCH................SEE WGUS66 KLOX - FFALOX FOR DETAILS *

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

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

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

KAPLAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 3:27 AM PDT	Gale Watch	LOX		6 hr
Mar 19, 5:56 AM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	LOX		54 hr
Mar 19, 6:18 AM PDT	Flash Flood Watch	LOX	Los Angeles, Santa Barbara	48 hr
Mar 19, 9:32 AM PDT	Storm Watch	LOX		5 hr
Mar 19, 9:32 AM PDT	Storm Warning	LOX		35 hr
Mar 19, 11:27 AM PDT	High Wind Warning	LOX	Santa Barbara	35 hr
Mar 19, 3:36 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	LOX	Los Angeles, Santa Barbara	31 hr

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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.