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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS San Diego, CA

January 8, 2005San Bernardino County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 8, 2005, 7:53 AM PST for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2005, 7:53 AM PST (15:53 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 2005, 12:15 PM PST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County San Bernardino County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2005-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 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 12:00Z on 2005-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 250 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
337 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 081553
FFWSGX
CAC071-082015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
753 AM PST SAT JAN 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS EXTENDED THE 

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA  
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LYTLE CREEK...DEVORE...UPLAND...
  SAN BERNARDINO...RIALTO...RANCHO CUCAMONGA

* UNTIL 1215 PM PST

* AT 730 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN NORTH OF RANCHO 
  CUCAMONGA AND SAN BERNARDINO. THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 
  CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      
  CAJON SUMMIT...MUSCOY...WATERMAN CANYON...LAKE                     
  ARROWHEAD...CRESTLINE AND RUNNING SPRINGS. 

MUD SLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS RAIN. MUD SLIDES
AND ROCK SLIDES CAN POTENTIALLY TRAP AND KILL PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THEIR
PATH.

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.

LAT...LON 3410 11768 3411 11736 3415 11725 3404 11684
      3422 11696 3435 11733 3435 11764 3421 11765

$$

ATKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 2:06 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino3 hr
Jan 8, 5:00 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino3 hr
Jan 8, 12:15 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino6 hr

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