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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS San Diego, CA

November 30, 2007San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 30, 2007, 11:55 AM PST for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 30, 2007, 11:55 AM PST (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Nov 30, 2007, 2:00 PM PST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 12:00Z on 2007-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 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 302002
FFWSGX
CAC073-302200-
/O.NEW.KSGX.FF.W.0002.071130T1955Z-071130T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1202 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE POOMACHA AND RICE FIRE BURN AREAS IN NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY 
  IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 200 PM PST

* AT 1155 AM PST...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE WARNED AREA. 
RAINFALL TOTALS JUST OUTSIDE THE BURN AREA ARE NOW IN EXCESS OF TWO 
INCHES...WITH 2.13 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED AT BIRCH HILL. MINOR 
DEBRIS FLOWS WERE REPORTED AT THE LA JOLLA INDIAN RESRVATION.  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALOMAR
  MOUNTAIN

IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE DEBRIS 
FLOWS IN THE RICE AND POOMACHA BURN AREAS...ACCORDING TO THRESHOLDS 
PROVIDED BY THE USGS. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE PALA AND FALLBROOK. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 3343 11723 3340 11673 3322 11672 3318 11720
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 180DEG 0KT 3327 11695

$$
 PURPURA
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS76 KSGX 302123
FFSSGX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
122 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2007

CAC073-302200-
/O.CON.KSGX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071130T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN DIEGO CA-
122 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM PST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY...

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALOMAR 
MOUNTAIN AND THE LA JOLLA INDIAN RESERVATION AREA.  

IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO 
CAUSE DEBRIS FLOWS IN THE RICE AND POOMACHA BURN AREAS...ACCORDING 
TO THRESHOLDS PROVIDED BY THE USGS. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE PALA AND 
FALLBROOK. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 3343 11723 3340 11673 3322 11672 3318 11720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 180DEG 0KT 3327 11695

$$

ECC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 30, 7:45 AM PSTFlash Flood WatchSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego19 hr
Nov 30, 9:39 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego2 hr
Nov 30, 12:47 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego118 min
Nov 30, 1:10 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXOrange2 hr
Nov 30, 1:34 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino116 min
Nov 30, 3:30 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino2 hr

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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.