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Mesoscale Discussion 2145

October 13, 2025San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 13, 2025, 9:44 PM PDT for San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, California. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2025, 9:44 PM PDT (04:44 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2025, 11:45 PM PDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 5%

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

The radar

The Vandenberg AFB radar (KVBX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 622Oct 13, 11:15 PM PDT

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 11:14 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura	12 hr
Oct 14, 5:42 AM PDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Los Angeles, Ventura	93 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.