Alert
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM PST
* AT 1118 AM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
BOW-ECHO SQUALL LINE WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF MONTECITO...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO IS POSSIBLE WITH
THIS SQUALL LINE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANTA BARBARA...
MONTECITO...
CARPINTERIA...
SUMMERLAND...
ISLA VISTA...
RINCON POINT...
GOLETA...
HIGHWAY 154 OVER SAN MARCOS PASS...
HOPE RANCH...
MISSION CANYON...
OLD MAN MOUNTAIN...
SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT...
BIG PINE MOUNTAIN...
AND LAKE CACHUMA.
Instructions: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
Target Area:
Santa Barbara
Instructions:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
Address/Location
ReadySBC Alerts
, CA
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 805-681-5526