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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 20, 2023, 8:25 PM PST for San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, California. It took effect at Feb 21, 2023, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 4 days. 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 20, 2023, 8:25 PM PST (04:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2023, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2023, 4:00 AM PST
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
Counties San Luis Obispo County, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA
The radar
The Vandenberg AFB radar (KVBX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 20, 3:22 PM PST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 3:22 PM PST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 7:22 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 34 hr |
| Feb 20, 7:22 PM PST | Wind Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 56 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:20 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | LOX | 11 hr | |
| Feb 21, 3:20 AM PST | Storm Watch | LOX | 11 hr | |
| Feb 21, 3:20 AM PST | Storm Warning | LOX | 23 hr | |
| Feb 21, 2:03 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 4 days |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in California, 2023Every winter storm 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.