A Tornado Warning in LA County?!

[tishaLA]

And I live in downtown LA, where we just had lightening and a big ass boom of thunder. I have never seen lightening or heard thunder since I moved to LA.

[taught_me_patience]

1. Heard that thunder in Burbank

That was loud!

[BeHereNow]

5. Burbank...

:hi:
BHN

[Beaverhausen]

15. hey

:hi: It's calming down here now, fortunately. But we had a few boomers, didn't we. :scared:

[BeHereNow]

17. Hey girlfriend... Yeah, they were LOUD!

Glad it's quiet now, I've got to help a friend
with a couple of cars at mechanics here.
Fortunately, both are close to home!

Been to look at the river yet?

BHN

[taught_me_patience]

18. hello!

There was 10 minutes of blue sky... WTF!?!?!?

:toast:

[BeHereNow]

19. Beavenhausen and I are both Burbankians- you?

We be down by the riverbottom with the skydogs.
LOUD wasn't it?

Blue sky equals fur people's pee-break.
Be back in a few!

BHN

[taught_me_patience]

21. I'm a Burbankian

and work at the same studio as BH.

[villager]

2. yup - listening to radio now. Supposed to hit a path from Long Beach through Whittier...

....and on into Orange County...

[abelenkpe]

3. I saw that too.

All I could think is "you gotta be kidding right?" I mean tornado in LA? Crazy!

Rain rain go away....

[SoCalNative]

11. We've had tornados here before

and I'm sure we'll have them again

[KingFlorez]

4. That's not surprising, this storm is really pounding

I'm right next to LA County, in Ventura and the rain is coming down like a faucet is running. The wind kicks up every now and then too.

[subterranean]

6. Looks like a nasty storm moving in just south of LA

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=SOX&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

[BeHereNow]

7. Read about the possibilty this morning-

Shades of "Day After Tomorrow" always hit me
when I hear such things.
BHN

[BadgerKid]

8. NOAA text

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1245 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2010

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...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
THREE QUARTER TO ONE INCH HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

[MineralMan]

9. Could happen. Wouldn't be the first time.

If they call one in your area, take shelter.

[rsmith6621]

10. See......Jesus Is Coming....

[NightWatcher]

12. that'll teach you to cancel the New Knight Rider

[TexasObserver]

13. Recommend

[MrsBrady]

14. Warning or Tornado Watch?

if there is really a tornado coming to your house, it will sound like a freight train. a big one.

Warning: take cover in the most interior room of your home
do not get in your car or get out of your car and into a ditch if you are outside.
a storm shelter or internal stairwell of a large high rise...

find out what direction the storm is moving and see if you are in its path
http://www.noaa.gov/

Watch: conditions are right for it to happen - but no active tornados have been spotted

[Cleita]

16. Tornados have hit in Los Angeles before during El Nino storms.

If you look up at the clouds, twisters are forming all the time. Most don't hit land though. Up here on the Central Coast they are a frequent enough occurrence over the ocean, but they call them water spouts here.

[Renew Deal]

20. Keep Conan on the air OR ELSE!

:D