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High Wind Warning 17, NWS Los Angeles, CA

November 18, 2023Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this high wind warning at Nov 18, 2023, 3:23 AM PST for Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California. It took effect at Nov 19, 2023, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 60 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
Nov 18, 2023, 3:23 AM PST (11:23 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 19, 2023, 12:00 AM PST
Expired
Nov 21, 2023, 12:00 PM PST
In force
60 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

Counties Los Angeles County, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA, Ventura County, CA

The radar

The Los Angeles radar (KVTX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 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.

The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 250 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2023-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2023-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 1:56 AM PSTGale WatchLOX25 hr
Nov 18, 1:56 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOX56 hr
Nov 18, 3:23 AM PSTWind AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura3 days
Nov 18, 8:45 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXSan Luis Obispo4 hr
Nov 18, 9:05 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOX4 hr
Nov 18, 9:31 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningLOXSan Luis Obispo96 min
Nov 18, 1:35 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchLOXLos Angeles, Ventura22 hr
Nov 18, 2:47 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXSan Luis Obispo88 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.