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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Sacramento, CA

March 23, 2005Glenn County, California

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2005, 6:03 PM PST for Glenn County, California. It was in force for 27 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 23, 2005, 6:03 PM PST (02:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2005, 6:30 PM PST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Sacramento, CA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Glenn County, CA

The radar

The Beale AFB radar (KBBX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 222 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS56 KSTO 240205
TORSTO
CAC021-240230-
/O.NEW.KSTO.TO.W.0002.050324T0203Z-050324T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
603 PM PST WED MAR 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GLENN COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ORLAND

* UNTIL 630 PM PST

* AT 558 PM PST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD   
  3 MILES SOUTH OF ORLAND...MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO FORM AND BE NEAR...
  HAMILTON CITY BY 630 PM PST

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN THE INTERIOR OF A 
HOME. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.  
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 3977 12223 3967 12221 3967 12203 3977 12200

$$

RB

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS56 KSTO 240229
SVSSTO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
626 PM PST WED MAR 23 2005

CAC021-240236-
/O.EXP.KSTO.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050324T0230Z/
GLENN CA-
626 PM PST WED MAR 23 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GLENN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630
PM PST...

AT 6:30 PM DOPPLER RADAR HAD INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED 
THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS 
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WEATHER SPOTTERS INDICATED TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS 
WITH THIS SYSTEM. ONE WAS REPORTED ONE HALF MILE TO THE EAST OF 
ORLAND AND THE OTHER ONE REACHED HALFWAY TO THE GROUND 3 MILES TO 
THE SOUTH OF ORLAND.

LAT...LON 3977 12223 3967 12221 3967 12203 3977 12200

$$
RB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 4:31 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Tehama	32 min
Mar 23, 5:24 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Tehama	36 min
Mar 23, 5:37 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Glenn	23 min
Mar 23, 5:59 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Tehama	38 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.