SKYWARN · California
NWS Oxnard LOX
4 counties, 4 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.
9 active · 4 warnings
NWS checked 11:28 PM- High Wind WarningSevere · NPWLOX · until Sat 3:00 AMWestern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Santa Susana Mountains; Interstate 5 Corridor; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor; Eastern San Gabriel Mountains
- Red Flag WarningSevere · RFWLOX · until Sun 3:00 AMWestern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Santa Susana Mountains; Southern Ventura County Mountains; Northern Ventura County Mountains; Interstate 5 Corridor; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor; Eastern San Gabriel Mountains; Western Antelope Valley Foothills; Eastern Antelope Valley Foothills
- Red Flag WarningSevere · RFWLOX · until Sun 3:00 AMSanta Clarita Valley; Ventura County Beaches; Ventura County Inland Coast; Central Ventura County Valleys; Malibu Coast; Calabasas and Agoura Hills; Western San Fernando Valley; Eastern San Fernando Valley; Southeastern Ventura County Valleys; Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley
- Red Flag WarningSevere · RFWLOX · until Sat 1:00 AMCuyama Valley; San Luis Obispo County Mountains; Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains
- Beach Hazards StatementModerate · CFWLOX · until Thu 9:00 PMVentura County Beaches; Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches
- Wind AdvisoryModerate · NPWLOX · until Sat 3:00 AMVentura County Beaches; Ventura County Inland Coast; Malibu Coast
- Wind AdvisoryModerate · NPWLOX · until Sat 3:00 AMSanta Clarita Valley; Central Ventura County Valleys; Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Calabasas and Agoura Hills; Western San Fernando Valley; Eastern San Fernando Valley; Southeastern Ventura County Valleys; Southern Ventura County Mountains; Northern Ventura County Mountains
- Heat AdvisoryModerate · NPWLOX · until Sun 3:00 AMVentura County Beaches; Ventura County Inland Coast; Malibu Coast
- Heat AdvisoryModerate · NPWLOX · until Sun 3:00 AMSan Luis Obispo County Beaches; San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches; Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast; Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches; Palos Verdes Hills; Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles
Radar
NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour
Deeper look: KVTX interactive ↗ · KVTX at College of DuPage ↗ · KVBX interactive ↗ · KVBX at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.
SPC outlook · day 1
categorical
Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗
Reports taken by this office today
0 · SPC preliminaryNo spotter reports logged by LOX so far today (UTC).
Cameras near the office
none listed yetNo cameras listed near Oxnard yet. Know one?
Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.
SKYWARN & weather nets for this office
Suggest or fix one →No net is listed for NWS Oxnard yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.
NOAA Weather Radio in this area
9 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after162.550 MHz KIH31 · San Luis Obispocovers San Luis Obispo · 365 W · NWS Los Angeles
162.400 MHz KIH34 · Santa Barbaracovers Santa Barbara, Ventura · 369 W · NWS Los Angeles
162.425 MHz KWL22 · Malibu Marinecovers Los Angeles (ALL) · 300 W · NWS Los Angeles
162.550 MHz KWO37 · Los Angelescovers Los Angeles, Ventura · 340 W · NWS Los Angeles
162.525 MHz WNG584 · Avaloncovers Los Angeles (EXTREME WEST) · 146 W · NWS Los Angeles
162.525 MHz WNG592 · San Simeoncovers San Luis Obispo (NW) · 128 W · NWS Los Angeles
162.425 MHz WNG659 · El Paso Mtns.covers Inyo (S), Kern (E), Los Angeles (N), San Bernardino (W) · 300 W · NWS Hanford
162.475 MHz WWF62 · Santa Barbara Marinecovers Santa Barbara, Ventura · 80 W · NWS Los Angeles
162.425 MHz WZ2505 · Sandbergcovers Los Angeles (NORTH CENTRAL) · 65 W · NWS Los Angeles
What to report, and where
Size charts and the full guide →🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud
- ·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
- ·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
- ·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
- ·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving
🧊 Hail
- ·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
- ·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
- ·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground
💨 Wind
- ·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
- ·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
- ·Say whether it was measured or estimated
🌊 Flooding
- ·Water over a road, especially moving water
- ·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
- ·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge
❄️ Winter
- ·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
- ·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
- ·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting
🚫 Not this
- ·Lightning and thunder on their own
- ·Rain that isn't causing flooding
- ·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary
- 1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
- 2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS Oxnard. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
- 3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #ca-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.
Counties served by NWS Oxnard · 4
CAC037 Los Angeles
CAC079 San Luis Obispo
CAC083 Santa Barbara
CAC111 Ventura