Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS San Diego, CA

February 22, 2004San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood warning at Feb 22, 2004, 12:06 AM PST for San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 203 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 22, 2004, 12:06 AM PST (08:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2004, 6:00 PM PDT
In force
203 days
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2004-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2004-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 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 220813 CCA
FFWSGX
CAC071-221100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED ...CORRECTION TO CODING...
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1206 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE BURN AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN 
  CALIFORNIA

* UNTIL 300 AM PST

* AT 1205 AM HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN THE LYTLE CREEK AREA. THE 
RAIN WAS FALLING AT A RATE OF ALMOST .40 INCHES IN 15 MINUTES. THIS 
HEAVY RAIN CAN CAUSE FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES ACROSS THE BURN AREAS OF 
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 

MUD SLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MUD SLIDES
AND ROCK SLIDES CAN POTENTIALLY TRAP AND KILL PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THEIR
PATH. MUD SLIDES CAN ALSO CAUSE FLOODING WHERE RUNOFF IS RESTRICTED
OR BLOCKED.

RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS SHOULD BE
ALERT TO HEAVY MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS WHICH MAY BLOCK ROADS AND
CULVERTS. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOODING AND PROPERTY LOSS COULD
RESULT IN AREAS WHERE RUNOFF IS RESTRICTED OR BLOCKED.

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.

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

$$

PURPURA

LAT...LON 3401 11768 3410 11702 3451 11688 3444 11761
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS56 KSGX 112358
FFWSGX
CAC073-120100-
/X.NEW.KSGX.FF.W.0013.040911T2356Z-040912T0100Z/
/X.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
456 PM PDT SAT SEP 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

* UNTIL 600 PM PDT

* AT 448 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF
  OCOTILLO WELLS TO BORREGO SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
  BORREGO PALM CANYON THROUGH 545 PM.
  BORREGO SPRINGS THROUGH 600 PM.
  
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.

LAT...LON 3342 11652 3302 11638 3310 11609 3343 11610

$$

MAXWELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 3:00 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino203 days
Feb 22, 6:00 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino203 days
Feb 22, 8:00 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino3 hr
Feb 22, 11:00 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino6 hr
Feb 22, 11:00 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego6 hr
Feb 22, 1:49 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXRiverside, San Diego238 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.