Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS San Diego, CA

Issued

Aug 13, 1992, 1:33 PM PDT (20:33 UTC)

Expired

Aug 13, 1992, 2:30 PM PDT

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS San Diego, CA

Area

Whole counties

County San Diego County, CA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KSAN 132035
SVRSAN
CAC073-132130-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
133 PM PDT THU AUG 13 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

   ...CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT TIL 2:30 PM PDT FOR THE AREA AROUND PAUMA VALLEY...
LAKE HENSHAW AND RAMONA AND FROM JAMUL...DULZURA AND ALPINE
JUNCTION.

HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE FLOODING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 50 KNOTS
OR HIGHER ARE POSSIBLE.  DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SHIGEHARA

In the hours before

CAC073-140130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1230 PM PDT THU AUG 13 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...

AT 12 NOON RADAR...SATELLITE AND REMOTE RAIN GAUGES INDICATED LOCAL
HEAVY RAIN NEAR CUYAMACA AND DULZURA.  THE HEAVY RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED
WITH THUNDERSTORMS.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
SAN DIEGO COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DRIFT WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE INLAND VALLEYS
...BUT SOME COULD EVEN REACH THE COAST.  AT NOON THERE WAS A
THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF GILLESPIE FIELD.  THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE DESERTS.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.  AVOID SHELTER UNDER ISOLATED TREES
OR OTHER TALL OBJECTS OR IN LOW LYING AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

MOIST UNSTABLE AIR IS FLOWING AROUND HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER
NEVADA.  THIS WILL CONTINUE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND DESERTS WITH SOME DRIFTING WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS.  THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AND THEN TAPER LATE TONIGHT.

ATKIN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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