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Gale Warning 18, NWS Los Angeles, CA

May 11, 2014

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this gale warning at May 11, 2014, 3:09 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 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 11, 2014, 3:09 AM PDT (10:09 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2014, 8:09 AM PDT
In force
5 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 10, 10:50 PM PDT, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 10:50 PM PDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 3:00 PM PDT, 12 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
300 PM PDT SAT MAY 10 2014

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-111300-
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-
300 PM PDT SAT MAY 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE DOWNED POWER LINES AND BRANCHES THROUGH
TONIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. BEACHGOERS WILL FACE HAZARDOUS RIP
CURRENTS IN THE SURF ZONE.

* WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

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

* HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS *

* BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT....SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

BEACHGOERS WILL FACE HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS AND
ELEVATED SURF IN THE SURF ZONE THROUGH SUNDAY. A RETURN OF
UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER AND GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS IS EXPECTED FOR
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS.

* RED FLAG WARNING...........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT....SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX 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/RK

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 1:20 AM PDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 11, 1:22 AM PDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 8:36 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOX30 hr
May 11, 3:30 PM PDTWind AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles20 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in California, 2014Every gale warning in 2014

Sources

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