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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 9, 2013

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this high wind watch at Jan 9, 2013, 4:00 AM PST. It took effect at Jan 10, 2013, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2013, 4:00 AM PST (12:00 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 10, 2013, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 9, 2013, 1:59 PM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Jan 9, 3:45 AM PST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 3:45 AM PST, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 3:45 PM PST, 12 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
345 PM PST TUE JAN 8 2013

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-091400-
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-
345 PM PST TUE JAN 8 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES...HIGH SURF AND WINDY CONDITIONS COULD BRING
MINOR FLOODING TO SOME COASTAL AREAS NEAR THE TIME OF THE MORNING
HIGH TIDES EACH DAY FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

GALE FORCE NORTHWEST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SOME LIGHT RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW MAY AFFECT THE REGION LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...POSSIBLY LINGERING ON NORTH SLOPES
INTO FRIDAY. VERY LOW SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED...POSSIBLY AS LOW AS
2500 FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING.

IT WILL BE WINDY IN MANY AREAS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND IT WILL
BE QUITE COLD. FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY AFFECT MANY
INTERIOR SECTIONS THURSDAY NIGHT...AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT MANY AREAS
AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

* COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT....SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* 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.

WOFFORD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 1:26 AM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles60 hr
Jan 9, 2:36 AM PSTGale WarningLOX66 hr
Jan 9, 1:59 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOX27 hr
Jan 9, 1:59 PM PSTWind AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles43 hr
Jan 9, 2:27 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles68 hr

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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.