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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Los Angeles, CA

March 31, 2015Santa Barbara County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this high wind watch at Mar 31, 2015, 8:56 PM PDT for Santa Barbara County, California. It took effect at Apr 1, 2015, 3:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2015, 8:56 PM PDT (03:56 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 1, 2015, 3:00 PM PDT
Expired
Apr 1, 2015, 12:41 PM PDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

County Santa Barbara County, CA

The radar

The Vandenberg AFB radar (KVBX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Mar 31, 6:03 PM PDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 6:03 PM PDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 6:00 AM PDT, 14 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PDT TUE MAR 31 2015

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-
600 AM PDT TUE MAR 31 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY WILL
CREATE LOCAL DRIVING HAZARDS. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS ON ALL BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL
CREATE BOATING HAZARDS ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS.

* WIND ADVISORY..............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... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STRONG WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS WILL CREATE LOCAL
DRIVING HAZARDS. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON ALL
BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CREATE BOATING
HAZARDS ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF GALE
FORCE WINDS EXTENDING INTO THE INNER WATERS.

* 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 *

* 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.

RORKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 12:41 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOX22 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in California, 2015Every high wind watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.