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Small Craft Advisory 18, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this small craft advisory at Feb 25, 2014, 8:00 PM PST. It took effect at Feb 26, 2014, 9:00 AM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2014, 8:00 PM PST (04:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2014, 9:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2014, 3:00 AM PST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Feb 25, 2:02 PM PST, 5 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:02 PM PST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 6:00 AM PST, 14 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST TUE FEB 25 2014 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-261400- 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 TUE FEB 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. WFO LOX PLANS TO DISCONTINUE THIS PRODUCT IN 2014. PLEASE DIRECT ANY COMMENTS TO ERIC BOLDT AT 805-988-6623. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE FIRST OF TWO STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THIS FIRST AND LESS IMPACTFUL STORM OF THE TWO WILL BRING AROUND 1/2 INCH IN THE NORTH TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN MOST AREAS TO THE SOUTH. HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO IMPACT AREA WEST FACING BEACHES. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE WEATHER ON THURSDAY BEFORE ANOTHER MORE POWERFUL STORMS AIMS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL TOTALS TO RANGE FROM 1-2 INCHES ALONG THE COAST AND VALLEYS...UP TO 2-4 INCHES FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. THERE COULD BE LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 6 INCHES ACROSS SOUTH FACING FAVORED MOUNTAINS AS WELL FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. IF MODELS STAY CONSISTENT THROUGH THE WEEK...THERE WILL BE IMPACTS FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS...INCLUDING THE COLBY BURN AREAS IN GLENDORA AND AZUSA AS WELL AS THE SPRINGS BURN AREA BETWEEN CAMARILLO AND THE PCH. * HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 25, 2:49 PM PST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 249 PM PST TUE FEB 25 2014 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-261400- 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- 249 PM PST TUE FEB 25 2014 ...STORMY WEATHER WITH SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS A COUPLE OF WINTER STORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. THESE TWO STORMS WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...HIGH ELEVATION SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. THE FIRST STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST INTO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE EXITING THE REGION BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 0.50 AND 1.00 INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 1.50 INCHES POSSIBLE IN FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH...ABOVE 7500 FEET DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY THEN DROPPING TO AROUND 6500 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. ALONG WITH THE PRECIPITATION...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. THE SECOND STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...AND WILL LIKELY BE THE STRONGEST STORM THE AREA HAS EXPERIENCED IN ABOUT THREE YEARS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN SPREAD QUICKLY INTO VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY IS THEN LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS...RESULTING IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WOULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF INTENSE RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS STORM COULD BE VERY IMPRESSIVE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 1.50 TO 2.50 INCHES FOR COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...WITH EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTH FACING SLOPES. SNOW LEVELS ON FRIDAY WILL GENERALLY BE ABOVE 7000 FEET...BUT WILL DROP DOWN TO AROUND 5000 TO 5500 FEET BY SATURDAY. THE MOUNTAINS COULD RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND WINTER STORM CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. ONE AREA OF SPECIAL CONCERN WITH THE SECOND STORM WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING WITH MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND AROUND RECENT BURN AREAS...INCLUDING THE COLBY...MADISON... POWERHOUSE...MADRE AND SPRINGS BURN AREAS. GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY AND INTENSE RAINFALL...RESIDENTS LOCATED NEAR THESE BURN AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE UPCOMING STORM SYSTEMS...INCLUDING UPDATED FORECASTS...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS. SIRARD TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION...CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITES WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES...FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSLOSANGELES OR OUR FACEBOOK PAGE: US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 7:34 PM PST | Wind Advisory | LOX | Santa Barbara | 32 hr |
| Feb 25, 7:49 PM PST | Beach Hazards Statement | LOX | Los Angeles | 42 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:25 AM PST | Gale Watch | LOX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 26, 11:42 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | 16 hr | |
| Feb 26, 12:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | LOX | 16 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.