Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 15, 1995, 5:08 PM PST for Riverside County, California. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 1995, 5:08 PM PST (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 1995, 6:00 PM PST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Riverside County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KLAX 160109 RRA SVRLAX CAC065-160200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES CA 508 PM PST SUN JAN 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM PST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CALIFORNIA ...NORTHWEST RIVERSIDE COUNTY AT 500 PM PST, SULPHUR MOUNTAIN DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN PROGRESS, MOVING TOWARD NORTHWEST RIVERSIDE COUNTY. A SPOTTER FROM NORTHWEST ONTARIO ALREADY REPORTED 1/2 INCH SIZE HAIL. THE LARGE THUNDERSTORM THAT AFFECTED THE ONTARIO AREA HAS SPLIT INTO TWO STORMS. THE LARGEST STORM WAS LOCATED AT RANCHO CUCAMONGA AT 505 PM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE RIVERSIDE METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 510 PM AND 600 PM. 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. GOMBERG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 3:15 PM PST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
CAZ011>023-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 315 PM PST SUN JAN 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHLAND... AT 305 PM PST, SULPHUR MOUNTAIN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF PASADENA, AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 2 AND 210. A SPOTTER FROM LA CRESCENTA REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO HAIL, GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TIL 4 PM. SHOWERS AND POSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN BE DEADLY, AND CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE THUNDERSTORM CLOUD. GOMBERG
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 3:16 PM PST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
CAZ011>023-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 315 PM PST SUN JAN 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHLAND... AT 305 PM PST, SULPHUR MOUNTAIN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF PASADENA, AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 2 AND 210. A SPOTTER FROM LA CRESCENTA REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO HAIL, GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TIL 4 PM. SHOWERS AND POSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN BE DNEADLY, AND CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE THUNDERSTORM CLOUD. GOMBERG
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 4:10 PM PST, 58 minutes before
CAZ011>023-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 410 PM PST SUN JAN 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS... AT 405 PM PST, SULPHUR MOUNTAIN DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A BROAD AREA OF MODERATE OVER THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND WEST SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE DISTRICT. AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER ROUTE 66 NEAR MONROVIA, WHILE THE RADAR SHOWED RAIN ENDING ON THE ALTADENA BURN AREA. GAGES ON THE MOUNTAINS INDICATE ABOUT A THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THERE. SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE HOURS YET THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND OF COURSE DEADLY LIGHTNING. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY THIS EVENING FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN BE DEADLY, AND CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE THUNDERSTORM CLOUD. SIMPSON
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 4:12 PM PST, 56 minutes before
CAZ011>023-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 410 PM PST SUN JAN 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS... AT 405 PM PST, SULPHUR MOUNTAIN DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A BROAD AREA OF MODERATE OVER THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND WEST SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE DISTRICT. AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER ROUTE 66 NEAR MONROVIA, WHILE THE RADAR SHOWED RAIN ENDING ON THE ALTADENA BURN AREA. GAGES ON THE MOUNTAINS INDICATE ABOUT A THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THERE. SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE HOURS YET THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND OF COURSE DEADLY LIGHTNING. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY THIS EVENING FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN BE DEADLY, AND CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE THUNDERSTORM CLOUD. SIMPSON
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 4:35 PM PST, 33 minutes before
CAZ011>023-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 410 PM PST SUN JAN 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS... AT 405 PM PST, SULPHUR MOUNTAIN DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A BROAD AREA OF MODERATE RAIN OVER SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND WEST SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE DISTRICT. AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER ROUTE 66 NEAR MONROVIA, WHILE THE RADAR SHOWED RAIN ENDING ON THE ALTADENA BURN AREA. GAGES ON THE MOUNTAINS INDICATE ABOUT A THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THERE. SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE HOURS YET THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND OF COURSE DEADLY LIGHTNING. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY THIS EVENING FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA , SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN BE DEADLY, AND CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE THUNDERSTORM CLOUD. SIMPSON
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 4:42 PM PST, 26 minutes before
CAZ011>023-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 442 PM PST SUN JAN 15 1995 ...A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF ONTARIO WAS CAUSING SMALL HAIL... AT 440 PM PST, SULPHUR MOUNTAIN DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS ROUTE 66 BELOW THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH ACROSS CLAREMONT, NEAR THE LOS ANGELES-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LINE. A WEATHER SPOTTER AT CLAREMONT REPORTED HALF INCH HAIL, AND LIGHTNING BUT NO STRONG WINDS AS OF 440 PM. SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE HOURS YET THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND OF COURSE DEADLY LIGHTNING. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY THIS EVENING FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN BE DEADLY, AND CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE THUNDERSTORM CLOUD. SIMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 4:43 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | San Bernardino | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.