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Written by Heidi Farrar   
Tuesday, 19 January 2010 14:55

01.19.10.ref 01.19.10.velA massive storm is moving on-shore south of Los Angeles at this time, prompting a TORNADO warnings for areas extending from Torrance to east of Santa Ana and north to Whittier!

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LONG BEACH...

* UNTIL 115 PM PST

* AT 1232 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LONG BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WHITTIER

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SEAL BEACH...HUNTINGTON             
  BEACH...WESTMINSTER...GARDEN GROVE...IRVINE...FULLERTON...COSTA   
  MESA...ANAHEIM...

* UNTIL 130 PM PST

* AT 1237 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HUNTINGTON BEACH BY 110 PM PST...
  FOUNTAIN VALLEY...COSTA MESA...WESTMINSTER AND GARDEN GROVE BY 120
  PM PST...
  SANTA ANA BY 125 PM PST...
  TUSTIN...TUSTIN FOOTHILLS...ORANGE AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF IRVINE
  BY 130 PM PST...

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jaxND
Re:Tornado Warning for south Los Angeles!
Jan 20 2010 15:18:10
Klipsi wrote:
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news.puggal.com/tornado-huntington-beach-19247/

www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/storm-spa...ado-warning-20100119


LOL.... That picture was up last week, it looks like Fl.

The third one is probably the recent one.
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CaliforniaSean
Re:Tornado Warning for south Los Angeles!
Jan 20 2010 20:22:35
PalmSunday65 wrote:


Tornadoes and mesocyclones are not that unusual in the south central part of Los Angeles County. In fact, there is a rather high incidence of tornadic activity here, usually associated with strong landfalling winter storms like those which are happening this week. I would not be surprised if we had more tornadic activity in this area over the next 2 days.
That's the truth! Some Californians think we can't get severe weather like this and the only possible day we could be hit by one is 2012 , however we do have our fair share of weather out here...I believe 2009 was the first year in six or seven years that we didn't have a tornado touch down.
#29966

RadarNut
Re:Tornado Warning for south Los Angeles!
Jan 20 2010 21:47:02
Looks like 2010 is starting out with a bang! I hope this active pattern is here during the hight of tornado season. But only time will tell.

I don't think this year will be anything like last year. This storm system is supporting my hypothesis.
#29979
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0 #1 MikeArms24 2010-01-19 09:32
I heard a tornado touched down in Huntington Beach.
 
 
+1 #2 NeoPhoenixTE 2010-01-19 09:35
Wow. This is madness (no "SPARTA!!" involved) and just seems so bizarre. Hopefully there's a rogue CA chaser out there who's all over this.


I didn't think The Day After Tomorrow would come so soon..
 
 
0 #3 WIstormchaser 2010-01-19 09:57
What software is used to get these images?
 
 
+1 #4 dougNKC 2010-01-19 10:36
WIstormchaser, Heidi is likely using GRLevel3, possibly GRLevel2 Analyst even!

Check out the forums for more updates on the continued warnings in the Nowcasting thread!
 
 
+1 #5 SevereWx20 2010-01-19 10:51
The first thing that I thought of after reading this title was The Day After Tomorrow...haha
 
 
+2 #6 BobBarnett 2010-01-19 10:56
What a rush
We had 2+" of rain within minutes.
When the loaded trash cans started flying I ran outside and there was circulation right overhead heading towards downtown Huntington Beach.
The temp dropped 8 degrees instantly

22 ft surf due Fri
sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/2010/01/19/new-storm-to-drop-half-inch-of-rain/79571/
 
 
+1 #7 CaliforniaSean 2010-01-19 12:17
Whoa!! Intercepted a Severe T-storm today during my lunch break...Crazy rotation everywhere!!
Ready for round 2 tomorrow!
 
 
+2 #8 JC Surfs 2010-01-19 16:13
Here is some video of the event in Southern California. It has been an insane couple of days.... more to come.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJOLrw-0lc4
 
 
0 #9 alienvenom 2010-01-19 17:33
There was one confirmed tornado and two possibles:

Lat/Lon: 33.69,-118.01
Probable tornado in Huntington Beach. Boats uplifted and damaged in the hb Harbor. Damage to building in areas. Car flipped 16400 pch. (Sgx)

Lat/Lon: 33.69,-118.01

Tornado spotted on Pacific coast Highway just south of Anderson street. The Funnel crossed the Highway and headed NE. A black limo was lifted up and an suv was flipped (sgx)

Lat/Lon: 34.44,-119.83

Radio station kcoy in Santa Barbara reported a sheriffs Deputy spotted a possible tornado near the ocean Meadow Golf course near Isle Vista around 1030 am...roof damage (lox)
 
 
0 #10 t-o-r-n-a-d-ogirl91 2010-01-20 06:20
I saw the damage. Wow LA having a tornado is so rare. Glad to know their all okay.
 
 
0 #11 SeanRobbins 2010-01-20 07:00
Cali has had Tornado's in the past but extremely rare. That was nuts. I predict an early spring for much of the US in turn a very active spring. I live in Indianapolis and we got our cold spell in December and early Jan. The 10 day forecast is placing temps. in the 40's and 50's. We norm hit sub zero temps around this time into Feb. Strange.... Have a SAFE season guys.
 
 
0 #12 stacey 2010-01-20 07:03
Long haul truck driver, in route to this area will be there about 2000hrs, depending on the weather traveling down. I am a spotter for Trucker Weather Watch and Okanogan County in Washington state. Really looking forward to this beautiful storm/storms.
 
 
0 #13 mmancuso1018 2010-01-20 09:05
The Weather Channel mentioned that California sees an average of 10 tornadoes per year. I assume since some parts of the state are very rural, they might not always been seen, or documented. I was also thinking of the #5 post, does sound a bit like The Day After Tomorrow. :P Thankfully everybody is ok there.
 
 
0 #14 smalltexan 2010-01-23 04:09
wow tornado warn in la that just goes to show tornadoes can go anywhere
 

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