Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 1997, 4:13 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 1997, 4:13 PM PDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 1997, 5:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAN 022313 FFWSAN CAC071-030015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 413 PM PDT TUE SEP 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ...SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELLITE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF SAN BERNARDINO...MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 13 MPH. 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 OUTS4IDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SMALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 1:58 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 1:58 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 2:33 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 57 min |
| Sep 2, 2:33 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 57 min |
| Sep 2, 3:35 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside | 55 min |
| Sep 2, 3:35 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Riverside | 55 min |
| Sep 2, 4:13 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Bernardino | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.