Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 2005, 2:48 PM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 60 min. 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, 2005, 2:48 PM PST (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2005, 3:48 PM PST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Orange County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 11:10 AM PST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS56 KSGX 222252
TORSGX
CAC059-073-222345-
/O.NEW.KSGX.TO.W.0003.050222T2248Z-050222T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
248 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTMINSTER...TUSTIN FOOTHILLS...
TUSTIN...STANTON...SANTA ANA...SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO...SAN
CLEMENTE...PLACENTIA...ORANGE...NEWPORT BEACH...MISSION VIEJO...
LAGUNA NIGUEL...LAGUNA HILLS...LAGUNA BEACH...IRVINE...HUNTINGTON
BEACH...GARDEN GROVE...FULLERTON...FOUNTAIN VALLEY...EL TORO...DANA
POINT...COSTA MESA...ANAHEIM
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE...SAN ONOFRE
* UNTIL 345 PM PST
* AT 247 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
DANA POINT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS HAVE INDICATED
FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WATERSPOUTS WITH THIS AREA OF STORMS WHICH WILL
LIKELY MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE NEXT 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
NEWPORT BEACH BY 300 PM PST
DANA POINT BY 305 PM PST
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO BY 310 PM PST
SAN ONOFRE...AND SAN CLEMENTE BY 315 PM PST
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3371 11810 3317 11737 3337 11740 3347 11753
3369 11747 3393 11791
$$
PURPURA/LAVIS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS56 KSGX 222321
SVSSGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
320 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2005
CAC059-073-222345-
/O.CON.KSGX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050222T2345Z/
SAN DIEGO CA-ORANGE CA-
320 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM PST FOR ORANGE AND
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTIES...
AT 325 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE ORANGE COUNTY AND FAR
NORTHWEST SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS. AT 254 PM NEWPORT BEACH
REPORTED WINDS GUSTING TO 68 MPH. NUMEROUS FUNNEL AND WATERSPOUT
REPORTS HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED. THE THUNDERSTORM CELLS ARE MOVING
NORTH ABOUT 20 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3371 11810 3317 11737 3337 11740 3347 11753
3369 11747 3393 11791
$$
PURPURA000
WWUS56 KSGX 222348
SVSSGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
345 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2005
CAC059-073-222355-
/O.EXP.KSGX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050222T2345Z/
SAN DIEGO CA-ORANGE CA-
345 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ORANGE AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SAN DIEGO
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 345 PM PST...
HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS COASTAL PORTIONS OF
ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM PST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA.
LAT...LON 3371 11810 3317 11737 3337 11740 3347 11753
3369 11747 3393 11791
$$
PURPURAThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2:35 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 115 min |
| Feb 22, 1:15 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 60 min | |
| Feb 22, 2:22 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:30 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 90 min |
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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.