1 dust devil, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 24, 7:44 AM PST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 843 AM TUE APR 24 2001 UPR RIDGE OVERHEAD AND MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW SPELLS TEMPERATURES NEARING RECORD LEVELS TODAY. EASTERLY WINDS A BIT GUSTY IN THE FAVORED LOCATIONS IN MTNS...BELOW CANYONS/PASSES ETC. PROFILER/ACARS AND MESOETA ALL SHOW LOW LEVEL TEMP PROFILE QUITE A BIT WARMER THAN YESTERDAY. INLAND VALLEYS SHOULD EASILY REACH THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. THE TRICKIEST PART OF THE FORECAST TODAY IS JUDGING HOW LONG THE EASTERLY GRADIENT FLOW CAN HOLD OFF THE DIURNAL SEABREEZE...AND SUBSEQUENT COOLING. TEMPS COULD JUMP INTO THE LOW 80S COAST IF THE SEABREEZE DOESNT KICK IN SOON ENOUGH. ALL IN ALL CURRENT ZONES DONT NEED MUCH CHANGE. WILL ADD NEAR RECORD LEVEL WORDING TO THE TEMPS TODAY AND ADJUST A FEW ZONES UP A CATEGORY OR SO. SOME RECORD HIGHS THAT MAY BE IN JEOPARDY TODAY... LAX...82 TORRANCE...84 PASADENA...92 SIMI VALLEY...90 LAX 000. MOYER. .LAX...NONE.
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
A dust devil developed over White Oak Elementary School in the community of Westlake Village. A large canopy was damaged. Also, some minor roof damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, April 2001
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