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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS San Diego, CA

July 22, 2006San Bernardino County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2006, 6:08 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 82 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 22, 2006, 6:08 PM PDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2006, 7:30 PM PDT
In force
82 min
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), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 105 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-794 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 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 230109
FFWSGX
CAC071-230230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
608 PM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA

* UNTIL 730 PM PDT

* AT 603 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 RIMROCK AND
  PIONEERTOWN INCLUDING THE SAWTOOTH AND MILLARD BURN AREAS. 

IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE DEBRIS
FLOWS IN THE SAWTOOTH-MILLARD BURN AREAS ACCORDING TO THRESHOLDS
PROVIDED BY THE USGS. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE PARTS OF HIGHWAY 247...
BIG MORONGO CANYON ROAD...PIONEERTOWN ROAD AND PIPES CANYON ROAD.

LAT...LON 3405 11674 3404 11662 3410 11661 3412 11658
      3414 11648 3420 11645 3423 11666

$$

ECC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS76 KSGX 230147
FFSSGX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
644 PM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006

CAC071-230230-
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
644 PM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM PDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...

AT 638 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIMROCK AND 
PIONEERTOWN AS WELL AS THE SAWTOOTH AND MILLARD BURN AREAS. 

IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE DEBRIS
FLOWS IN THE SAWTOOTH-MILLARD BURN AREAS ACCORDING TO THRESHHOLDS
PROVIDED BY THE USGS. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE PARTS OF HIGHWAY 247...
BIG MORONGO CANYON ROAD...PIONEERTOWN ROAD AND PIPES CANYON ROAD.

REPORTS FROM THE BURN AREA HAVE INDICATED MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY 
RAIN OVER THE PAST HOUR.  

LAT...LON 3405 11674 3404 11662 3410 11661 3412 11658
      3414 11648 3420 11645 3423 11666

$$

ECC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 6:29 PM PDTMarine Weather StatementSGX3 hr
Jul 22, 7:22 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino68 min
Jul 23, 2:44 AM PDTExcessive Heat WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego16 hr
Jul 23, 2:41 PM PDTMarine Weather StatementSGX6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.