1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Feb 28, 9:05 PM PST, 25 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 905 PM PST WED FEB 28 2001 UPPER LOW STILL CARVED OUT ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS EVENING. VORTICITY LOBE ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND ANOTHER VORTICITY SPOKE ACROSS SOUTHERN COASTAL WATERS HAS GENERATED SOME CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM THIS EVENING WAS OVER THE INNER COASTAL WATERS...BETWEEN AVALON AND THE SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY COAST. WITH UPPER LOW OVER AREA AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS STILL LOOKS GOOD OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. WHILE PRECIPITATION THREAT WILL LIKELY BE OVER BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS AREA ON THURSDAY COULD KEEP SOME AREAS MOSTLY CLOUDY. DRY SPELL COULD NOW BE SHORT LIVED. LATEST 00Z AVIATION SOLUTION SHOWING WELL DEVELOPED TROUGH ACROSS EASTERN PACIFIC THIS WEEKEND...WITH FAST MOVING WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. AS A RESULT...A MAJOR REVAMP IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST MAY NOW BE IN ORDER. BESIDES ABUNDANT MOISTURE MOVING ACROSS AREA...STRONG LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW IS NOW BEING DEPICTED THIS WEEKEND...CORRESPONDING TO STRONG SOUTH-NORTH PRESSURE GRADIENT. STRONG 110 KNOT JET IS ALSO PROGGED TO STEER HIGH PW PLUME INTO FORECAST AREA LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...MAKING THIS A POSSIBLE BIG RAIN EVENT FOR SUNDAY. DUnE TO CONSIDERABLE FLUCTUATIONS IN EXTENDED MODELS...WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR MORE CONSISTENCY BEFORE JUMPING ON THIS WEEKEND EVENT TOO STRONGLY. LAX 5300. GOMBERG .LAX...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Bands of moderate to heavy showers produced street flooding across sections of Santa Barbara county, including the city of Santa Barbara.
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, February 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5230447.