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Small Craft Advisory 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 4, 2012

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this small craft advisory at Jan 4, 2012, 9:14 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 5, 2012, 2:34 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 4, 2012, 9:14 PM PST (05:14 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 5, 2012, 2:34 AM PST
Expired: Jan 5, 2012, 2:37 PM PST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Jan 4, 8:48 PM PST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 8:48 PM PST, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 2:24 PM PST, 6 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
224 PM PST WED JAN 4 2012

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-051400-
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-
224 PM PST WED JAN 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL CONTINUE TO A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR WEST FACING
BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER LARGE SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS WITH HIGH
SURF EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY.
BREAKERS WILL BE UP TO 17 FEET ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST AT THE PEAK
OF THE EVENT...AND UP TO 14 FEET FOR COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA AND
LOS ANGELES COUNTIES.

* HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS *
* HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

SIRARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 4, 9:14 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	LOX		53 hr
Jan 5, 2:34 AM PST	Gale Warning	LOX		24 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in California, 2012 Every small craft advisory in 2012

Sources

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