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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS San Diego, CA

August 28, 2000San Bernardino County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2000, 1:42 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 63 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 28, 2000, 1:42 PM PDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2000, 2:45 PM PDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Whole counties

County San Bernardino County, CA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 28, 2:00 PM PDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EBig Bear Lake, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 2000-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 239 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 2000-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS56 KSGX 282047
SVRSAN
CAC071-282145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
142 PM PDT MON AUG 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA
  THIS INCLUDES CITIES SUCH AS HESPERIA AND VICTORVILLE

* UNTIL 245 PM PDT

* AT 140 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE APPLE VALLEY AREA NEAR THE INTERSECTION 
OF INTERSTATE 15 AND STATE ROUTE 395.   THE STORM INDICATES LITTLE 
MOVEMENT. 

VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE 
STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOyRECAST
OFFICE IN SAN DIEGO.

$$

LAT...LON 3450 11748 3437 11733 3444 11726 3454 11740

SMALL

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 1:48 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.