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Gale Warning 20, NWS Los Angeles, CA

December 21, 2015

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this gale warning at Dec 21, 2015, 8:38 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 22, 2015, 9:00 AM PST. It was in force for 42 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 21, 2015, 8:38 PM PST (04:38 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 22, 2015, 9:00 AM PST
Expired: Dec 24, 2015, 3:00 AM PST
In force: 42 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 21, 4:35 PM PST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 4:35 PM PST, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 6:00 AM PST, 14 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PST MON DEC 21 2015

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-221400-
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 MON DEC 21 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHT RAIN NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE
INTESTATE 5 CORRIDOR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE WILL BE SOME RAIN NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION
TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IN MOST AREAS. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE QUITE
LOW...AND SNOW COULD AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE.

THERE WILL BE AREAS OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HIGH SURF MAY AFFECT CENTRAL COAST BEACHES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH ELEVATED SURF SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES
AND SURF...TIDAL OVERFLOW OR MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING
COASTAL AREAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ON AREA BEACHES TUESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST
FRIDAY.

STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE REGION
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. VERY COLD WEATHER MAY AFFECT THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT.

DB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 21, 8:38 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	LOX		13 hr
Dec 22, 8:53 AM PST	High Wind Warning	LOX		27 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in California, 2015 Every 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.