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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Los Angeles, CA

August 11, 1990Riverside County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 1990, 7:50 PM PDT for Riverside County, California. It was in force for 100 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1990, 7:50 PM PDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1990, 9:30 PM PDT
In force
100 min
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA
Area
Whole counties

County Riverside County, CA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 1990-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 269 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 1990-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-535 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 7:50 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXRiverside100 min
Aug 11, 8:15 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXRiverside75 min
Aug 11, 9:35 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXSan Bernardino2 hr
Aug 11, 9:35 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXRiverside2 hr
Aug 11, 9:35 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXRiverside2 hr
Aug 11, 9:35 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXSan Bernardino2 hr
Aug 11, 11:30 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXSan Bernardino90 min
Aug 11, 11:30 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLOXRiverside90 min
Aug 11, 11:30 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXSan Bernardino90 min
Aug 11, 11:30 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOXRiverside90 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.