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

Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Santa Barbara, CA. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.

Bulletin issued
22 October 2026 at 02:44 UTC
First saved by us
22 October 2026 at 02:25 UTC
Last included in a daily record
22 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA · Santa Barbara, CA
Certainty / urgency
Observed / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end)
22 October 2026 at 03:45 UTC
Forecast onset / end
22 October 2026 at 02:44 UTC / 22 October 2026 at 03:45 UTC

Archived official description

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.

Instructions in this archived message

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

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

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    22 October 2026 at 02:15 UTC

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    22 October 2026 at 02:44 UTC

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    22 October 2026 at 02:15 UTC

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    22 October 2026 at 02:44 UTC

    Forecast onset
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    22 October 2026 at 02:15 UTC

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    22 October 2026 at 02:44 UTC

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    Update

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    Official description
    Before

    SVRLOX The National Weather Service in OXNARD has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Santa Barbara County in southwestern California... * Until 845 PM PDT. * At 714 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 14 miles southwest of Nipomo to 12 miles south 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 Capita…

    After

    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 Capita…

    Official instructions
    Before

    …l central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Damaging wind and cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through fl…

    After

    …l 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 fl…

    External source link
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    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.67907d8e206183b9fd0857b146aac8e00f26920b.001.1

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    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.50f34f3bf74e8316e139a301c9392fb0b23b364b.001.1

    Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 02:44 UTC

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First saved record · 22 October 2026 at 02:25 UTC
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    Our first saved version of Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 21 at 7:15PM PDT until October 21 at 8:45PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 02:15 UTC

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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