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Gale Warning 38, NWS Los Angeles, CA

December 2, 2013

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this gale warning at Dec 2, 2013, 8:42 AM PST. It took effect at Dec 2, 2013, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 45 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
Dec 2, 2013, 8:42 AM PST (16:42 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 2, 2013, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 4, 2013, 12:41 PM PST
In force
45 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 Dec 2, 3:40 AM PST, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 3:40 AM PST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 6:00 AM PST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-031400-
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 PST MON DEC 2 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT

LINGERING LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG LOCAL BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA TUESDAY. ON TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT...THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT RAIN
AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA...ALONG WITH GUSTY
WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY SHOULD BE MOSTLY DRY ASIDE FROM A FEW MOUNTAIN SHOWERS. THE
VERY COLD AIR MASS WILL LIKELY BRING WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE
TEMPERATURES FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING TO THE
INTERIOR REGION...AND TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND FREEZING FOR MANY OF
THE COASTAL VALLEYS.

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

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

ASR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 2:16 PM PSTBeach Hazards StatementLOXLos Angeles46 hr
Dec 2, 2:16 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOX24 hr
Dec 2, 2:16 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOX13 hr
Dec 2, 3:20 PM PSTFreeze WatchLOXSanta Barbara37 hr
Dec 2, 3:20 PM PSTWind AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles43 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in California, 2013Every gale warning in 2013

Sources

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