The last of several January storms brought high winds and heavy snow to sections of Central and Southern California. Across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, strong southeasterly winds gusting to 65 mph knocked down trees and power lines across the area.
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 episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
The last of several January storms brought high winds and heavy snow to sections of Central and Southern California. Across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, strong southeasterly winds gusting to 65 mph knocked down trees and power lines across the area. In the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties, significant winter storm conditions were reported due to the combination of snowfall and gusty southeasterly winds.
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 Jan 26, 3:40 PM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 945 PM PST FRI JAN 25 2008 CAZ034>041-044>047-051>054-059-087-088-261400- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 929 PM PST FRI JAN 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY GUSTY SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH DAY 1. SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS...VERY STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE. STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS FROM POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO POINT ARGUELLO WHILE THE REST OF THE COASTAL WATERS WILL EXPERIENCE GALE FORCE WINDS THROUGH THE DAY 1 PERIOD. HIGH WIND WAVES WILL COMBINE WITH ABOVE NORMAL SWELLS TO PRODUCE VERY ROUGH SEAS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COASTAL WATERS. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * STORM WARNING..............SEE FZUS56 KLOX - CWFLOX FOR DETAILS * * GALE WARNING...............SEE FZUS56 KLOX - CWFLOX FOR DETAILS * * MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS * * SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ANOTHER POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION AND WINDS TO THE AREA...BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL TURN TO MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. ON SUNDAY...VERY COLD AND UNSTABLE AIR BEHIND THE MAIN FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING THE THREAT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. OVERALL...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2-4 INCHES ACROSS COASTAL AREAS TO 4-8 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. SOME MORE FAVORED SOUTH-FACING SLOPES COULD EVEN RECEIVE MORE THAN 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL. RAINFALL INTENSITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE HIGH BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH PER HOUR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER RATES LIKELY WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND EVEN WATERSPOUTS OR TORNADOS. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT... BUT WILL FALL TO AROUND 4000 FEET ON SUNDAY...AND COULD EVEN BE LOWER NEAR HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL ALSO PACK POWERFUL WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. AS THE SYSTEM DRAWS CLOSER...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS...WHERE THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ACROSS SOME OF THE COASTAL AND VALLEY LOCATIONS...WHICH COULD DOWN MANY TREES...ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE SATURATED SOILS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HIGH WIND WARNING/WIND ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR MORE DETAILS ON WIND POTENTIAL. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH WIND WATCH............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * FLOOD WATCH................SEE WGUS66 KLOX - FFALOX FOR DETAILS * * WINTER STORM WATCH.........SEE WWUS46 KLOX - WSWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * STORM WARNING..............SEE FZUS56 KLOX - CWFLOX FOR DETAILS * * GALE WARNING...............SEE FZUS56 KLOX - CWFLOX FOR DETAILS * * MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS * * SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KLOX - SPSLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. THOMPSON/GOMBERG
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind, 2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Southeasterly winds gusting to 65 mph were reported in the community of New Cuyama.
Observers at Vandenberg Air Force Base reported southeasterly winds gusting to 60 mph.
An observer at Hearst Castle reported southeast winds gusting to 62 mph.
A strong winter storm brought significant snowfall and gusty winds to the mountains of Los Angeles county. Weather spotters reported between 6 and 20 inches of new snowfall above 5000 feet with southeast winds gusting around 50 mph.
A strong winter storm brought significant snowfall and gusty winds to the mountains of Ventura county. Weather spotters reported between 6 and 20 inches of new snowfall above 5000 feet with southeast winds gusting around 50 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2008
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: 77881, 77880, 77879, 77882, 77883.