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Severe Weather In South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, Oct 21, 2026 · Confirmed
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Status
Confirmed by an official source
Independent sources
1
First seen
Oct 21, 5:19 PM PDT
updated Oct 21, 5:19 PM PDT
Topic
Local News
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Weather Report: First Big Storm Of The Season Hits South Pasadena Tonight, Then Santa Ana Sunshine Takes Over For The Weekend · South Pasadenan NewsOct 21, 5:19 PM PDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
“Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 10:00AM PDT until October 22 at 10:45AM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA”
SVRLOX The National Weather Service in OXNARD has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Los Angeles County in southwestern California... * Until 1045 AM PDT. * At 959 AM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Carson, or near Torrance, moving north at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. Small chance for a brief, weak tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Alhambra... Downtown Los Angeles... Griffith Park... Eagle Rock... Glendale... Commerce... Montebello... Boyle Heights... Monterey Park... Atwater Village... Highland Park... Echo Park... San Gabriel... Elysian Park... Downey... Pico Rivera... El Monte... Watts... East Los Angeles... and Temple City.
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. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. 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 this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
National Weather Service · issued Oct 22, 10:00 AM PDT
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Los Angeles County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.
How We Decided
Oct 21, 5:46 PM PDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 22, 10:02 AM PDTPublished: One source reported it, and an official source confirms it.