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High Surf Advisory 7, NWS Los Angeles, CA

January 30, 2016Los Angeles County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this high surf advisory at Jan 30, 2016, 2:34 PM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Jan 30, 2016, 10:51 PM PST. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2016, 2:34 PM PST (22:34 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2016, 10:51 PM PST
Expired
Feb 2, 2016, 9:00 AM PST
In force
58 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 22:31 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 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 Jan 30, 10:20 AM PST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 10:20 AM PST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 6:00 AM PST, 8 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
600 AM PST SAT JAN 30 2016

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-311400-
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 SAT JAN 30 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT ALL WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING
BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT INCLUDING THE CENTRAL COAST AS WELL AS LOS
ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL AREAS. ...WITH ELEVATED
SURF ACROSS THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST. SURF WILL BE ESPECIALLY
HIGH ON THE CENTRAL COAST. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
ON ALL AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SIGNIFICANT STORM WILL
BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE FORECAST LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

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

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A SIGNIFICANT STORM WILL BRING PLENTY OF RAIN AND SNOW TO THE REGION.
THERE WILL LIKELY BE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR SUNDAY...MAINLY
FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS. ALSO...SNOW WILL OCCUR AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS INITIALLY SUNDAY (ABOVE 6500 FT)...THEN DROP LIKE A ROCK
BY SUNDAY NIGHT (3000 FT) INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THERE COULD BE
SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE
GRAPEVINE AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 14 NEAR ACTON DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS
WITH GUSTY WINDS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE WILL
BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SURF WITH SURF BELOW 10 FEET SUNDAY
EVENING...BUT WILL BUILD BACK UP SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AND
PERSISTING THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG GUSTY NW WINDS WILL DEVELOP
BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS.

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

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

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

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

KAPLAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 9:18 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOX6 hr
Jan 30, 3:40 AM PSTBeach Hazards StatementLOX13 hr
Jan 30, 1:55 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningLOX46 hr
Jan 30, 2:15 PM PSTGale WarningLOX55 hr
Jan 30, 2:36 PM PSTFlash Flood WatchLOXLos Angeles27 hr
Jan 30, 3:31 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchLOX11 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in California, 2016Every 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.