Waterspout, Ventura
- When
- January 26, 8:40 AM PST
- Where
- Ventura County, 20 mi W of Ventura
- Reported by
- AIRPLANE PILOT
- Coordinates
- 34.358, -119.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout in California, January 26, 2001
A pilot reported a waterspout about 20 miles west of Ventura Harbor.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
A pilot reported a waterspout about 20 miles west of Ventura Harbor.
The radar
The Los Angeles radar (KVTX), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:38 UTC.
Event by event
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in California, January 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 26 to 27, 2001
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 26, 2001
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 26 to 27, 2001
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 26, 2001
- Winter Storm in Arizona, January 26 to 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 26, 2001
- Winter Weather in Indiana, January 26, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 26 to 28, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 26, 2001
More
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2001
Sources
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5227905.