Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Sacramento, CA
NWS Sacramento, CA issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2006, 9:58 AM PST for Sacramento County, Solano County, Yolo County, California. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2006, 9:58 AM PST (17:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2006, 10:28 AM PST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sacramento, CA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Sacramento County, CA, Solano County, CA, Yolo County, CA
The radar
The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:58 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS56 KSTO 281801 TORSTO CAC067-095-113-281830- /O.NEW.KSTO.TO.W.0002.060228T1758Z-060228T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 958 AM PST TUE FEB 28 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SACRAMENTO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA EAST CENTRAL SOLANO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN YOLO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA * UNTIL 1030 AM PST * AT 954 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIO VISTA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF SUISUN CITY... NEAR HIGHWAY 113 MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH TOWARDS HIGHWAY 160. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN SOLANO COUNTY AT 1010 AM PST RURAL WESTERN SACRAMENTO COUNTY AT 1015 AM PST RURAL SOUTHEASTERN YOLO COUNTY AT 1010 AM PST 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 3828 12196 3812 12184 3821 12152 3842 12165 $$ HS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS56 KSTO 281822 SVSSTO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 1020 AM PST TUE FEB 28 2006 CAC067-095-113-281830- /O.CON.KSTO.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060228T1830Z/ YOLO CA-SACRAMENTO CA-SOLANO CA- 1020 AM PST TUE FEB 28 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 AM PST FOR EAST CENTRAL SOLANO...WEST CENTRAL SACRAMENTO AND SOUTHEASTERN YOLO COUNTIES... AT 1015 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SOLANO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DIXON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARDS HIGHWAY 160. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3828 12196 3812 12184 3828 12148 3846 12153 $$ HS
000 WWUS56 KSTO 281828 SVSSTO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 1028 AM PST TUE FEB 28 2006 CAC067-095-113-281840- /O.CAN.KSTO.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060228T1830Z/ YOLO CA-SACRAMENTO CA-SOLANO CA- 1028 AM PST TUE FEB 28 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SOLANO...WEST CENTRAL SACRAMENTO AND SOUTHEASTERN YOLO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND DELTA AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LAT...LON 3828 12196 3812 12184 3828 12148 3846 12153 $$ HS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sacramento, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 8:38 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | STO | El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano and 3 more | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 9:15 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | STO | 11 hr | |
| Feb 28, 9:30 AM PST | Tornado Warning | STO | Solano | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 11:21 AM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | STO | Sacramento | 23 min |
| Feb 28, 2:17 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 13 hr | |
| Feb 28, 3:46 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | STO | El Dorado, Sacramento | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 3:47 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | STO | San Joaquin | 36 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.