Last night saw the
Central Coast visited by an unusual phenomenon for this area of the world, to wit, a
bow echo complex of thunderstorms. These are more common in
Tornado Alley and the Eastern U.S. This bow echo formed west of the
Santa Barbara Channel and moved eastward through the channel and into coastal
Ventura County where it made landfall. To my knowledge there were no reports of water spouts over the channel or tornados over coast valleys although they can occur with bow echos. There might have been some straight-line wind damage and minor flooding along the
Gaviota Coast of
Santa Barbara County but I cannot confirm that at this time. This bow echo passed south of me, but I did directly experience a more powerful bow echo in
Liberal, Kansas, in 1993.
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| Courtesy of Jordan Root @ AccuWeather via Twitter (all rights reserved) |
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| Courtesy of Jordan Root @ AccuWeather via Twitter (all rights reserved) |
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| Courtesy of Kevin Takumi @ KTTV-TV Los Angeles via Twitter (all rights reserved) |
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