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High Surf Advisory 11, NWS Los Angeles, CA

February 17, 2016Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this high surf advisory at Feb 17, 2016, 1:13 PM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Feb 18, 2016, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2016, 1:13 PM PST (21:13 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 18, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
Expired: Feb 19, 2016, 9:00 PM PST
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA

County Los Angeles County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Feb 17, 11:07 AM PST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 11:07 AM PST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 6:00 AM PST, 7 hours 13 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 16, 7:34 PM PST	High Wind Watch	LOX		16 hr
Feb 16, 7:34 PM PST	Wind Advisory	LOX	Los Angeles, Santa Barbara	37 hr
Feb 17, 2:15 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	LOX		31 hr
Feb 17, 12:00 PM PST	High Wind Warning	LOX		18 hr
Feb 17, 1:13 PM PST	Beach Hazards Statement	LOX		56 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in California, 2016 Every high surf 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.