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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS San Diego, CA

March 5, 2000Orange County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 2000, 10:37 AM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 83 min. 2 reports 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
Mar 5, 2000, 10:37 AM PST (18:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2000, 12:00 PM PST
In force
83 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Orange County, CA, San Diego County, CA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 5, 10:45 AM PSTThunderstorm Wind 52 MHuntington Beach, CA
Mar 5, 10:52 AM PSTThunderstorm Wind 56 MOceanside, 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

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 62 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, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2000-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2000-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 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 051843
SVRSAN
CAC059-073-051900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1037 AM PST SUN MAR 5 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA
  AND WESTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA
  
* UNTIL 1200 PM PST

* AT 1036 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...LIKELY SEVERE ABOUT 10 MILES OFF    
  THE SOUTHERN ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY COAST MOVING TOWARD THE   
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN ORANGE 
  COUNTY COASTAL AREAS AND SAN DIEGO COASTAL AREAS UNTIL NOON TODAY.


* PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. 

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFI/CE IN SAN DIEGO.

$$

ATKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 8:40 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego80 min
Mar 5, 3:06 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Bernardino54 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.