Alert archive / California / Blizzard Warnings in 2023
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this blizzard warning at Feb 21, 2023, 9:56 PM PST for Santa Barbara County, California. It took effect at Feb 24, 2023, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 34 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
- Feb 21, 2023, 9:56 PM PST (05:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2023, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2023, 2:22 PM PST
- In force
- 34 hr
- 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 05:57 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 blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Feb 21, 9:20 PM PST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 9:20 PM PST, 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2:03 AM PST | Gale Warning | LOX | 12 hr | |
| Feb 22, 5:49 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 52 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:14 PM PST | Flood Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 3 days |
| Feb 22, 2:23 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | LOX | 34 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in California, 2023Every blizzard warning in 2023
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.