There is a fricken tornado warning in Los Angeles!!!

[cboy4]

:crazy:

Statement as of 8:43 PM PST on January 24, 2008

The National Weather Service in Oxnard has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
southwest Los Angeles County in southwest California
including the cities of Malibu... Pacific Palisades and Topanga ...

* until 945 PM PST

* at 836 PM PST... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated
a severe thunderstorm with rotation capable of producing a
tornado. The cell was located 5 miles south of Malibu moving
north northeast at 25 mph. It should affect Malibu and Pacific
Palisades before 900 PM PST.

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.

[onehandle]

1. There's this movie... nt

[ruiner4u]

2. Thats nothing compared to ThUnDeRsNoW!!!

all kidding aside, be safe..

[Neshanic]

18. Thundersnow is indeed nuts. One day in Gaithersburg I experienced that. WILD!

[proud patriot]

3. another thread on freaky California weather

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2761049&mesg_id=2761049

[EFerrari]

4. That's crazy.

My poor cat lady can't possibly evacuate with all those furry guys.

Make it stop! Now! :crazy:

[Zoigal]

24. Alerts been lifted according to weatherbug...z

[pingzing58]

5. Wow man those in mobile homes are f**cked. Amazing.

[cboy4]

6. ABC 7 Website

[Tektonik]

7. it best not be raining tomorrow morning

I live in SD and I love walking to work in the morning (3 mile walk), but if it's raining I'll have to hitch a ride :(

edit: my parents live in Chatsworth and Reseda, so I hope the tornado warning does not affect the valley :scared:

[mb7588a]

8. Looks like it dissipated a bit before landfall:

http://www.weatherunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=zoom&num=6&delay=15&scale=0.750&noclutter=0&ID=SOX&type=N0R&lat=0&lon=0&label=you&showstorms=0&map.x=313&map.y=215¢erx=477¢ery=317&lightning=0&showlabels=1&rainsnow=1

[mac2]

9. The Neo Cons are out to destroy CA

one way or the other. The government can control weather. That is why they privitized it and the space agency.

[BeHereNow]

10. It's raining like hell where I'm at...

Crazy shit- tornadoes in Malibu????
WTF?
I've got friends in that area- hope they've
taken cover.
BHN

[shanti]

19. COLD rain and wind here in sacramento too

*shiver* i did NOT like having to be out in it tonite!

[mb7588a]

11. There's also a new warning for Long Beach.

855 PM PST Thu Jan 24 2008

The National Weather Service in Oxnard has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
southern Los Angeles County in southwest California...
this includes the cities of Long Beach... San Pedro... Torrance
and Lakewood

* until 1000 PM PST

* at 848 PM PST... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
severe thunderstorm with good rotation capable of producing a
tornado. The cell was 9 miles south southwest of Long Beach...
moving north at 25 mph.

* Other locations in the warning include but are not limited to
Hawthorne... Norwalk and Lynwood

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.

[jaysunb]

12. Will it get to Pasadena ?

Think I'll open another bottle of wine and nurse this fatty, if tonight is going to be my last I want to "ease" on down the road....:rofl:

[BeHereNow]

14. I'm over in Burbank, bite your tongue!

Either that or pass one over...:P
BHN

[jaysunb]

20. heh heh

:evilgrin:

[pinto]

13. We've had some thunderstorms here on the Central Coast, and

a dusting of snow on the hills at 1500 feet. Rare.

Upside, we've gotten ~6 inches of rain.

[Cleita]

15. There was a tornado in LA back in the early eighties.

It was the same year half the Santa Monica pier got blown away in an El Nino. The tornado hit in downtown at the convention center.

Up further north in my county we have snow.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22821640/

[suffragette]

21. I remember that one

I lived down in O.C. at the time and I remember seeing a picture of a building with its front torn off on the news. This had left a bathroom exposed as well as other rooms and I couldn't get the image out of my head of thinking what if you were there on the toilet at the time and all of a sudden, there you were just facing the street in utter shock.
Incongruous I know, but that image and thought stayed with me for awhile.

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

16. There have probably been about 25-30 tornadoes in LA in the past 100 years.

I think the last one was in 2004/2003. No biggie.

I don't think there's ever been a death. I'd have to check.

[Neshanic]

17. Malibu? Fetch Mr. Gibson as he will smite the tornado that cometh!

[RaleighNCDUer]

22. Isn't that how 'Day After Tomorrow' started?

Better get your cold weather gear ready.

[Eurobabe]

23. Be careful!!

[Raine]

25. There was a warning for the Long Beach area too

I'm in between the Malibu area and the Long Beach area, I'm in the South Bay. I though maybe I'd get it from both sides :hide: but nothing happened here except the rain. :o :-)