Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1999, 2:59 PM PDT for Riverside County, California. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1999, 2:59 PM PDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1999, 4:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Riverside County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:05 PM PDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Blythe, CA | A microburst with damaging winds and heavy rain moved through the Ironwood State Prison. A satellite dish was ripped from the roof of the main administration building, two semi-trailers were tipped over, at least six state vehicles had windows smashed by flyin |
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.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.