1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Nov 11, 2:15 PM PST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 215 PM PST MON NOV 11 2002 FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS...A RIDGE ALOFT CONTINUES IN THE AREA AND ON TUESDAY MORNING SOME RATHER STRONG OFFSHORE GRADIENTS WILL DEVELOP THAT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS IN THE MTNS AND POSSIBLY IN A COUPLE OF COASTAL/VALLEY LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A BIT TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY COOLING ON WEDNESDAY AS THE RIDGE ALOFT BREAKS DOWN. FOR THE EXTENDED...WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE RIDGE REBUILDS OVER THE AREA. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS THE GFS MODEL SHOWS A TROUGH CROSSING THE WEST COAST WITH MOST OF THE ENERGY WELL NORTH OF THIS AREA...HOWEVER ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING BACK THE COASTAL CLOUDS. LAX 0000. SWEET. .LOX...WIND ADVISORY (LAXNPWLOX).
CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-120200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST MON NOV 11 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE IN THE GREAT BASIN WILL PRODUCE GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS TODAY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE VALLEYS. * WIND ADVISORY...............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * .INSTRUCTIONS TO SPOTTERS... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN DIMINSIH IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO WEATHER HAZARDS FORECAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. RORKE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Two men who were fishing along Guadalupe Beach were swept out to sea by a large wave. Both men were presumed dead.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Santa Barbara | 2002-11-11 | 20 | Male | In Water | Direct |
| Rip Current, Santa Barbara | 2002-11-11 | 22 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, November 2002
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: 5323559.