Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 2, 2004, 11:28 PM PST for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 47 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
- Feb 2, 2004, 11:28 PM PST (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2004, 12:15 AM PST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Diego County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS56 KSGX 030728 SVRSGX CAC073-030815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1130 PM PST MON FEB 2 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPRING VALLEY...SANTEE...SAN DIEGO... POWAY...NATIONAL CITY...LEMON GROVE...LAKESIDE...LA MESA...IMPERIAL BEACH...ESCONDIDO...EL CAJON...CORONADO...CHULA VISTA * UNTIL 1215 AM PST * AT 1130 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH FROM PALOMAR MOUNTAIN TO POWAY TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE SOUTH COAST...VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 1215 AM. FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO OCCUR...AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN DIEGO. $$ LAT...LON 3341 11704 3247 11739 3260 11610 3341 11606 MAXWELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 8:00 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 219 days |
| Feb 2, 9:19 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Diego | 220 days |
| Feb 2, 10:21 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 69 min |
| Feb 2, 10:25 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 220 days |
| Feb 2, 10:25 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 65 min | |
| Feb 2, 11:29 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 46 min |
| Feb 2, 11:55 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Bernardino | 95 min |
| Feb 3, 1:20 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Bernardino, San Diego | 220 days |
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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.