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Small Craft Advisory 34, NWS Los Angeles, CA

April 1, 2014

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this small craft advisory at Apr 1, 2014, 3:42 AM PDT. It took effect at Apr 1, 2014, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2014, 3:42 AM PDT (10:42 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 1, 2014, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2014, 2:32 AM PDT
In force
39 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 Apr 1, 3:30 AM PDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 3:30 AM PDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 2:30 PM PDT, 13 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
230 PM PDT MON MAR 31 2014

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-011300-
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-
230 PM PDT MON MAR 31 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE LOCAL DRIVING HAZARDS IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE HAZARDS FOR
AREA BEACHGOERS. RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER
ALL AREAS TONIGHT.

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

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

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL AFFECT MUCH
OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN EXISTS FOR
AREAS NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION ON FRIDAY.

* 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.

RORKE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 9:58 PM PDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
958 PM PDT MON MAR 31 2014

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-020000-
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-
958 PM PDT MON MAR 31 2014

...THREAT OF SNOW SHOWERS ON INTERSTATE 5 NEAR THE GRAPEVINE...

...POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH MINOR MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS
   FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS...

A COLD LATE SEASON STORM WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN
SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WITH THE INITIAL WAVE OF
PRECIPITATION TONIGHT ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN
5000 AND 5500 FEET...WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES. BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT...A SURGE OF COLDER AIR IS EXPECTED TO LOWER SNOW LEVELS
TO AROUND 4000 FEET ALONG NORTH FACING SLOPES LATE TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING. WHILE MOISTURE IS FAIRLY LIMITED DURING THIS
TIME...THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ALONG INTERSTATE 5
NEAR THE GRAPEVINE...WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.

WHILE THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LINGERING SHOWERS ON TUESDAY...THE
PRECIPITATION THREAT WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
AS THE COLD UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS
WILL ONCE AGAIN LOWER TO AROUND 4000 FEET LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY...POTENTIALLY LOWER IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. DURING THIS TIME...THERE
WILL BE A BETTER THREAT OF SNOW SHOWERS ALONG INTERSTATE 5 NEAR THE
GRAPEVINE. DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION...SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WITH THIS SECONDARY WAVE WILL BE QUITE VARIABLE. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS IF SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS BECOME MORE LIKELY ON LOWER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN PASSES.
PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE RECENT
BURN AREAS AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. A SECONDARY
THREAT OF HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE COLDER AIR ALOFT MOVES INTO THE AREA.
RESIDENTS OF THE RECENT BURN AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS AS THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD BRING THE THREAT OF MINOR MUD
AND DEBRIS FLOWS.

GOMBERG/BRUNO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 3:01 AM PDTWind AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles18 hr
Apr 1, 2:11 PM PDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOX27 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.