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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 21, 2012

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 21, 2012, 9:01 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 23, 2012, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 21, 2012, 9:01 PM PST (05:01 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 23, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 22, 2012, 4:48 AM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 21, 8:30 PM PST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 8:30 PM PST, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 12:57 PM PST, 8 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 6:02 PM PST, 2 hours 59 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
Jan 22, 3:36 AM PST	High Surf Warning	LOX	Los Angeles	55 min
Jan 22, 4:48 AM PST	Wind Advisory	LOX	Santa Barbara	3 days
Jan 22, 4:48 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	LOX		37 hr
Jan 22, 9:00 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	LOX		19 hr
Jan 22, 2:23 PM PST	Gale Watch	LOX		13 hr

Nearby

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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.