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High Surf Warning 2, NWS Los Angeles, CA

February 18, 2024San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this high surf warning at Feb 18, 2024, 8:17 PM PST for San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California. It was in force for 41 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 18, 2024, 8:17 PM PST (04:17 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2024, 1:26 PM PST
In force
41 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

Counties San Luis Obispo County, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA, Ventura County, CA

The radar

The Vandenberg AFB radar (KVBX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 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 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 high surf warning went out at Feb 18, 8:16 PM PST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 8:16 PM PST, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 7:41 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXSanta Barbara, Ventura12 hr
Feb 18, 9:28 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXVentura11 hr
Feb 18, 11:40 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXSan Luis Obispo8 hr
Feb 19, 1:58 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningLOXSanta Barbara, Ventura9 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningLOXSanta Barbara7 hr
Feb 19, 4:01 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningLOXVentura14 hr
Feb 19, 6:30 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles15 hr
Feb 19, 7:10 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningLOXLos Angeles, Ventura11 hr
Feb 19, 7:34 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXSan Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara10 hr
Feb 19, 8:30 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles13 hr
Feb 19, 10:40 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOXSanta Barbara, Ventura7 hr

Nearby

High Surf Warnings in California, 2024Every high surf warning in 2024

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.