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Gale Warning 18, NWS Los Angeles, CA

December 12, 2015

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this gale warning at Dec 12, 2015, 2:19 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 13, 2015, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 32 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 12, 2015, 2:19 PM PST (22:19 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 13, 2015, 6:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 15, 2015, 2:00 AM PST
In force
32 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 12, 12:50 PM PST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 12:50 PM PST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 1:50 PM PST, 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
150 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-131400-
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-
150 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL COAST AS WELL AS THE BEACHES
OF LOS ANGELES...VENTURA AND THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST TODAY.

* HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

HIGH SURF WILL BE DIMINISHING SUNDAY...BUT SHOULD REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH
TO WARRANT HIGH SURF ADVISORIES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL
BE THE POTENTIAL FOR GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS ALL COASTAL WATERS
SUNDAY. THERE WILL LIKLEY BE WIDESPREAD WIND ADVISORIES AS WELL.
THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS DAMAGING WINDS ONCE
AGAIN FOR THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...AND POSSIBLY THE
ANETLOPE VALLEY. ANOTHER QUICK MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS
WILL RANGE FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH...WITH TWICE AS MUCH FOR
THE FAVORED MOUNTAIN AREAS. VERY COLD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHTS IN WIND PROTECTED AREAS.

* HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH WIND WATCH............WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MW/KAPLAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 12, 3:00 AM PSTGale WatchLOX11 hr
Dec 12, 3:00 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasLOX39 hr
Dec 12, 3:43 AM PSTWind AdvisoryLOX5 hr
Dec 12, 1:46 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchLOX14 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in California, 2015Every gale warning in 2015

Sources

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