TORNADO IN LOS ANGELES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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TORNADO IN LOS ANGELES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#1 Postby Brent » Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:41 am

:eek: :eek: :eek:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
839 AM PDT SAT AUG 21 2004


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A


* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA


* UNTIL 915 AM PDT


* AT 825 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
GLENDALE...OR ABOUT NEAR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.


* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
PASADENA BY 850 AM PDT
MOUNT WILSON BY 905 AM PDT


WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.


THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.


LAT...LON 3413 11837 3400 11822 3425 11788 3441 11808
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#2 Postby TexasStooge » Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:45 am

Not good! :eek:
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#3 Postby Brent » Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:49 am

This is really bizarre. Storms aren't even in the forecast for them.

Sounds like an error to me. :?:
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#4 Postby Rainband » Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:52 am

It is an error I just checked Wunderground :wink:
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#5 Postby Brent » Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:52 am

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
839 AM PDT SAT AUG 21 2004


PLEASE DISREGARD THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING. NO TORNADO EXISTS.


$$


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#6 Postby Thunder44 » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:04 pm

What the hell was that about? :eek:
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#7 Postby TexasStooge » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:07 pm

Whew! I was about to say!
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#8 Postby wx247 » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:07 pm

Thunder44 wrote:What the hell was that about? :eek:


Maybe they were bored. :P
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#9 Postby Brent » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:27 pm

wx247 wrote:
Thunder44 wrote:What the hell was that about? :eek:


Maybe they were bored. :P


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

It does get awful boring out there. When was the last time there was even a tornado warning out there? :wink:
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#10 Postby Anonymous » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:28 pm

LOL! Take cover!! Dangerous Storm!!! Large and Extremely Dangerous!!!

oh, um nevermind. :eek:
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#11 Postby David » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:30 pm

omg lol
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#12 Postby NWIASpotter » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:48 pm

That had to have some people worried for a second there!!!
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#13 Postby PurdueWx80 » Sat Aug 21, 2004 3:12 pm

Somebody got too excited about The Day After Tomorrow. :)
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#14 Postby Guest » Sat Aug 21, 2004 3:20 pm

yea, i was thinking about the day after tomorrow as i read that too lol. But the weather there is fairly boring...
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#15 Postby ColdFront77 » Sat Aug 21, 2004 3:29 pm

NWIASpotter wrote:That had to have some people worried for a second there!!!

The question now is: Was this "warning" on their (the NWS- Los Angeles, CA) NOAA Weather Radio broadcast [cycle]?
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#16 Postby Aslkahuna » Sat Aug 21, 2004 3:35 pm

Actually, tornadoes do occur in the SoCA area and specifically the L.A. area but most often during the Winter and specifically El Niño winters when the dynamics with the strong storm systems can trigger severe thunderstorms and even tornadoes. The strongest tornado in the LAX area has been F2. My first ever tornado experience occurred in the SFO Bay Area on January 11,1951 which I was caught in the developing surface circulation of what became a F2 tornado while I was walking to school. Tornadoes in the Desert areas of SE CA tend to be more associated with thunderstorms triggered by a monsoon surge of moisture into SE CA. This is because surges that reach that far west are usually associated with EPAC tropical remnants, MCV's from MCS's in Mexico, or GOM waves that make it across thus we have spin and dynamics available.

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#17 Postby NWIASpotter » Sat Aug 21, 2004 3:36 pm

If it was Tom then that NWS made a big mistake. A false alarm tornado warning for that big of an area, especially when they use those words "large & extremely dangerous." :eek:
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#18 Postby nystate » Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:44 pm

Could it have been hackers?
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#19 Postby NWIASpotter » Sat Aug 21, 2004 5:29 pm

I have been looking on their site to see if they have anything about it. But, I haven't found anything yet.
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#20 Postby Brent » Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:33 pm

NWIASpotter wrote:If it was Tom then that NWS made a big mistake. A false alarm tornado warning for that big of an area, especially when they use those words "large & extremely dangerous." :eek:


Also... I'd hate to be woken up at 8:30am for a fake warning as well. :grr:
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