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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Los Angeles, CA

May 31, 2025Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2025, 5:12 PM PDT for Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2025, 5:12 PM PDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2025, 6:00 PM PDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Santa Barbara County, CA, Ventura County, CA

The radar

The Los Angeles radar (KVTX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 31, 2:16 PM PDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:16 PM PDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 4:54 PM PDT, 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 5:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LOX	Ventura	45 min
May 31, 6:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LOX	Santa Barbara	48 min
May 31, 6:34 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOX	Santa Barbara	116 min
May 31, 7:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LOX	Santa Barbara	44 min
Jun 1, 1:13 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOX		38 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.