Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2006, 3:18 PM PDT for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 57 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
- Jul 4, 2006, 3:18 PM PDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2006, 4:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County San Diego County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS56 KSGX 042218 FFWSGX CAC073-042315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 318 PM PDT TUE JUL 4 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA * UNTIL 415 PM PDT * AT 311 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BORREGO SPRINGS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE MOUNTAINS JUST WEST OF BORREGO SPRINGS SINCE 230 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF BORREGO SPRINGS OR NEAR MOUNT SAN YSIDRO. THIS WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF WATER IN BORREGO PALM CANYON AND OTHER NEARBY CANYONS. PEOPLE IN BORREGO PALM CANYON SHOULD CLIMB TO SAFETY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3311 11648 3302 11629 3342 11624 3342 11656 $$ MAXWELL
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS76 KSGX 042232 FFSSGX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 330 PM PDT TUE JUL 4 2006 CAC073-042315- SAN DIEGO CA- 330 PM PDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM PDT FOR NORTHEASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY... AT 325 PM...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF BORREGO SPRINGS. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE GENERALLY 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF BORREGO SPRINGS. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 78 EAST OF SCISSORS JUNCTION. HIGHWAY 78 WILL BE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 415 PM...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY S 3 WHICH GOES TO BORREGO SPRINGS. ALSO...BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAINS THAT OCCURRED SINCE 230 PM...CANYONS JUST WEST OF BORREGO SPRINGS WILL BE PRONE TO FLOODING. IF WATERS RISE IN A CANYON...CLIMB TO SAFETY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATERS. LAT...LON 3311 11648 3302 11629 3342 11624 3342 11656 $$ MAXWELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 4:11 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 4:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Bernardino | 65 min |
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.