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Gale Warning 18, NWS Los Angeles, CA

May 20, 2013

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this gale warning at May 20, 2013, 2:30 PM PDT. It took effect at May 21, 2013, 9:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 66 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: May 20, 2013, 2:30 PM PDT (21:30 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2013, 9:00 AM PDT
Expired: May 24, 2013, 2:54 AM PDT
In force: 66 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at May 20, 11:04 AM PDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 11:04 AM PDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 12:05 PM PDT, 2 hours 25 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 19, 8:27 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	LOX	Los Angeles	16 hr
May 20, 3:35 AM PDT	Gale Watch	LOX		11 hr
May 20, 3:35 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOX		35 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in California, 2013 Every gale warning in 2013

Sources

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