Showing posts with label Rare Tornado Warning In Metro Los Angeles. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Rare Tornado Warning In Metro Los Angeles



T
his was on the weather wire:


BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
128 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTMINSTER...TUSTIN FOOTHILLS...
TUSTIN...STANTON...SEAL BEACH...SANTA ANA...IRVINE...HUNTINGTON
BEACH...FULLERTON...COSTA MESA...ANAHEIM...

* UNTIL 200 PM PST

* AT 121 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO BETWEEN NEWPORT BEACH AND HUNTINGTON BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A WATERSPOUT WAS SIGHTED AT 102 PM MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE COAST.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1
INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.


Los Angeles television reports some damage already.
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