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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Los Angeles, CA

February 18, 2016Santa Barbara County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this areal flood advisory at Feb 18, 2016, 2:46 AM PST for Santa Barbara County, California. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 18, 2016, 2:46 AM PST (10:46 UTC)
Expired: Feb 18, 2016, 4:45 AM PST
In force: 119 min
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Santa Barbara County, CA

The radar

The Vandenberg AFB radar (KVBX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood advisory went out at Feb 17, 2:18 PM PST, 12 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 2:18 PM PST, 12 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 6:00 AM PST, 20 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 11:21 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	LOX	San Luis Obispo	114 min
Feb 17, 11:45 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	LOX	Santa Barbara	3 hr
Feb 18, 2:58 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	LOX		41 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in California, 2016 Every areal flood advisory in 2016

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.