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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Santa Barbara, CA

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Santa Barbara
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What is happening

At 743 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Nipomo to 7 miles southeast of Point Conception, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Santa...

What the bulletin says to do

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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Bulletin details

At 743 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Nipomo to 7 miles southeast of Point Conception, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Santa Maria... Lompoc... Santa Ynez... Solvang... Vandenberg Space Force Base... El Capitan State Beach... Orcutt... Los Alamos... Refugio State Beach... Highway 101 through Gaviota State Park... Guadalupe... Buellton... Sisquoc... Vandenberg Village... and Mission Hills.

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Official revisions

2 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 21 at 7:44PM PDT until October 21 at 8:45PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

    Official revision
  2. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 21 at 7:15PM PDT until October 21 at 8:45PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

    Official revision

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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