1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 29, 9:15 AM PST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 915 AM PST THU NOV 29 2001 COLD IS REALLY ZIPPING THROUGH OUR AREA THIS MORNING, WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. JUST ISSUED AN UPDATE TO SPEED THINGS UP AND INDICATE SKIES TURNING PARTLY CLOUDY OVER THE AREA TODAY. THE FRONT MOVED IN SO FAST OVERNIGHT THAT THERE WASNT ENOUGH TIME FOR SNOW LEVELS TO RISE AS EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, SNOW DEVELOPED AT MUCH LOWER ELEVATIONS INITIALLY. PROBABLY EVEN HAD SOME FREEZING RAIN IN A FEW SPOTS DUE TO THE WARMER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS NOW DEVELOPING OFF POINT CONCEPTION IN RESPONSE TO THE SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING IN THE SO CAL BIGHT REGION. THESE SHOULD START TO DECREASE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES EAST. WIND ADVISORIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF OUR FORECAST AREA HAVE BEEN CANCELLED AS WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE EARLIER THIS MORNING. ANTELOPE VALLEY BRIEFLY GUSTED INTO THE LOWER 40S EARLIER BUT SPEEDS HAVE SINCE DROPPED BACK MOSTLY INTO THE 20S. LOCAL 88D VAD WIND PROFILES ALSO CONFIRM A BIG DROP OFF IN WINDS, AS DO LOCAL RAWS OBSERVATIONS. RAIN WILL BE TAPERING OFF QUICKLY TODAY WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES MOST PLACES TONIGHT. MODELS SHOWS PLENTY OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING OVERHEAD FRIDAY. WITH SOME LINGERING LOW LVL MOISTURE, PARTLY CLOUDY SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT. WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME DENSE FOG IN THE INLAND AREAS AS WELL. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS NOW ALSO AHEAD OF SCHEDULE BASED ON THE LAST TWO MODEL RUNS. CURRENT ZONES HAVE SPED IT UP ABOUT 12 HOURS, ARRIVING SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST AND SUNDAY NIGHT IN LA. 12Z AVN SPEEDS THIS UP EVEN FURTHER, ARRIVING IN LA AS EARLY AS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE PATTERN OF LATE, FAST IS BEST. WILL LIKELY ADJUST ZONES THIS AFTERNOON TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS FASTER TIMING. MORE DETAILS LATER. LAX +30. WOFFORD .LOX...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXCWFLAX).
CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-292000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 515 AM PST THU NOV 29 2001 ...RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING... A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY PUSHING ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL SWEEP SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM HAS MOVED A BIT MORE QUICKLY THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED...AND RAIN BEGAN ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO...SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURA COUNTIES EARLIER THIS MORNING. AS OF 5 AM...RAIN WAS JUST BEGINNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...AND WILL BECOME HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO SCATTERED SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES LATER THIS MORNING AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST. AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...IT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A SIX TO TEN HOUR PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...WITH SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM TIME TO TIME. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS VENTURA COUNTY...AND BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THIS LATEST STORM ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE ONE HALF INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...WITH LOCAL TOTALS NEAR 3 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH...WITH LOCAL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN HIGHER TERRAIN. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND 6500 FEET TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOCALLY NEAR 5000 FEET THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTHERN SLOPES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6500 FEET...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET. ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO END TONIGHT. DRY WEATHER IS FORECAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ANOTHER STORM WILL LIKELY BRING RAIN TO THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BRUNO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado struck in the northeast section of the community of Santa Maria. The tornado caused minor damage to three homes, but no one was injured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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