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Tornado Warning 4, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 2005, 3:02 PM PST for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 116 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
- Mar 4, 2005, 3:02 PM PST (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2005, 4:58 PM PST
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County San Bernardino County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS56 KSGX 042303 TORSGX CAC071-050000- /O.NEW.KSGX.TO.W.0004.050304T2302Z-050305T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 302 PM PST FRI MAR 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF APPLE VALLEY * UNTIL 400 PM PST * AT 254 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LUCERNE VALLEY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF APPLE VALLEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LUCERNE VALLEY THROUGH 315 PM PST 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF APPLE VALLEY BY 330 PM PST OTHER THREATS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OR MUDSLIDES. 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 3434 11692 3442 11674 3479 11692 3454 11732 $$ MAXWELL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS56 KSGX 042333 SVSSGX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 330 PM PST FRI MAR 4 2005 CAC071-050000- /O.CON.KSGX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050305T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO CA- 330 PM PST FRI MAR 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM PST FOR WEST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY... AT 324 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUCERNE VALLEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF APPLE VALLEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. AREAS IN GREATEST DANGER THROUGH 400 MPH WILL BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 18 BETWEEN LUCERNE VALLEY AND APPLE VALLEY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO WILL BE... 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF APPLE VALLEY BY 345 PM PST OTHER THREATS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OR MUDSLIDES. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3434 11692 3442 11674 3479 11692 3454 11732 $$ MAXWELL
000 WWUS56 KSGX 042358 SVSSGX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 357 PM PST FRI MAR 4 2005 CAC071-050010- /O.EXP.KSGX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050305T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO CA- 357 PM PST FRI MAR 4 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400 PM PST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LUCERNE VALLEY HAS DIMINISHED RAPIDLY SINCE 330 PM. HOWEVER...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON OVER THE HIGH DESERTS. LAT...LON 3434 11692 3442 11674 3479 11692 3454 11732 $$ MAXWELL
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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.