Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2026

Wind Advisory 48, NWS Los Angeles, CA

July 8, 2026Santa Barbara County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this wind advisory at Jul 8, 2026, 12:46 PM PDT for Santa Barbara County, California. It took effect at Jul 8, 2026, 4:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2026, 12:46 PM PDT (19:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 8, 2026, 4:00 PM PDT
Expired
Jul 9, 2026, 8:00 AM PDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

County Santa Barbara County, CA

The radar

The Vandenberg AFB radar (KVBX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 8:37 PM PDTGale WarningLOX30 hr
Jul 8, 12:46 PM PDTExtreme Heat WatchLOXLos Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura5 days
Jul 8, 2:03 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOX66 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in California, 2026Every wind advisory in 2026

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.