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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 2026, 7:10 PM PST for San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, California. It was in force for 95 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
- Feb 17, 2026, 7:10 PM PST (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2026, 8:45 PM PST
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
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 03:11 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 Feb 17, 4:57 PM PST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 4:57 PM PST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 4:36 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Santa Barbara | 24 min |
| Feb 17, 4:51 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 54 min |
| Feb 17, 5:02 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Ventura | 13 min |
| Feb 17, 5:06 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 84 min | |
| Feb 17, 5:07 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 38 min |
| Feb 17, 5:32 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 58 min | |
| Feb 17, 5:32 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 58 min |
| Feb 17, 5:44 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 46 min |
| Feb 17, 5:45 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 12 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:48 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 27 min |
| Feb 17, 6:07 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Ventura | 23 min |
| Feb 17, 6:13 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 92 min |
| Feb 17, 6:25 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 95 min | |
| Feb 17, 7:45 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 60 min |
| Feb 17, 8:01 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 119 min | |
| Feb 17, 8:44 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Santa Barbara | 76 min |
| Feb 17, 8:49 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 9 hr |
| Feb 17, 9:12 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 48 min | |
| Feb 17, 9:13 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Ventura | 32 min |
| Feb 17, 9:19 PM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 15 hr |
| Feb 17, 9:23 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 80 min |
| Feb 17, 9:49 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 116 min | |
| Feb 17, 10:11 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Los Angeles | 49 min |
| Feb 17, 10:15 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Santa Barbara | 60 min |
| Feb 17, 10:23 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Ventura | 52 min |
| Feb 17, 11:03 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Ventura | 57 min |
| Feb 17, 11:21 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Los Angeles | 54 min |
| Feb 17, 11:33 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 117 min | |
| Feb 18, 12:18 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 87 min |
| Feb 18, 1:03 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | LOX | 117 min | |
| Feb 18, 1:33 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 4 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:34 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 24 min |
| Feb 18, 1:40 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Orange | 65 min |
| Feb 18, 2:01 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | LOX | Los Angeles | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 7:14 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | LOX | 26 hr | |
| Feb 18, 11:55 AM PST | Beach Hazards Statement | LOX | Santa Barbara | 47 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:07 PM PST | Gale Warning | LOX | 36 hr | |
| Feb 18, 1:12 PM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 32 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:12 PM PST | Wind Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 32 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.