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Storm Watch 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA

May 21, 2012

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this storm watch at May 21, 2012, 2:52 AM PDT. It took effect at May 22, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2012, 2:52 AM PDT (09:52 UTC)
In effect from: May 22, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT
Expired: May 21, 2012, 9:17 PM PDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this storm watch 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 storm watch went out at May 20, 10:40 PM PDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 10:40 PM PDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 9:20 PM PDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 20, 9:16 PM PDT, 5 hours 36 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	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 8:55 PM PDT	Gale Warning	LOX		42 hr
May 21, 2:10 PM PDT	High Wind Watch	LOX		13 hr
May 21, 2:10 PM PDT	High Wind Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	67 hr
May 21, 2:10 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	LOX	Los Angeles, Santa Barbara	61 hr
May 21, 2:16 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOX		7 hr

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Sources

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