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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS San Diego, CA

November 12, 2003Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 12, 2003, 5:43 PM PST for Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 77 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
Nov 12, 2003, 5:43 PM PST (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 2003, 7:00 PM PST
In force
77 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Orange County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 00:00Z on 2003-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 352 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, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2003-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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 
WGUS56 KSGX 130146
FFWSGX
CAC059-065-071-130300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
543 PM PST WED NOV 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RUBIDOUX...NORCO...CORONA
  SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...UPLAND...RANCHO CUCAMONGA...
  ONTARIO...MONTCLAIR...FONTANA...CHINO HILLS...CHINO
  NORTH CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YORBA LINDA

* UNTIL 700 PM PST

* AT 536 PM PST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       
  HEAVY RAINFALL IN FAR NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND   
  FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

$$

LAT...LON 3392 11786 3373 11765 3403 11731 3425 11765

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.