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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS San Diego, CA

July 6, 2011San Bernardino County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2011, 1:15 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2011, 1:15 PM PDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2011, 2:00 PM PDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County San Bernardino County, CA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 1:30 PM PDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Phelan, CALARGE BRANCHES DOWN FROM A MIMOSA TREE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Edwards AFB, CA (KEDW), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 48 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, Edwards AFB, CA at 12:00Z on 2011-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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, Edwards AFB, CA at 12:00Z on 2011-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-273 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 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.

891 
WUUS56 KSGX 062015
SVRSGX
CAC071-062100-
/O.NEW.KSGX.SV.W.0003.110706T2015Z-110706T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
115 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 200 PM PDT

* AT 112 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF
  WRIGHTWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO
  POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AT 130 PM PDT

&&

LAT...LON 3452 11741 3437 11766 3438 11766 3461 11768
      3466 11763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 251DEG 5KT 3447 11761

$$

TARDY
2 follow-up statements
649 
WWUS56 KSGX 062037
SVSSGX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
137 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011

CAC071-062100-
/O.CON.KSGX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110706T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
137 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM PDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...

AT 128 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF PHELAN...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF WRIGHTWOOD...
MOVING NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL AND HAS
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING NEAR PHELAN.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AT 150 PM PDT

LAT...LON 3452 11741 3437 11766 3438 11766 3461 11768
      3466 11763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 195DEG 13KT 3455 11761

$$

TARDY
981 
WWUS56 KSGX 062105
SVSSGX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
205 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011

CAC071-062113-
/O.EXP.KSGX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110706T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
205 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM REMAINS JUST NORTHWEST PHELAN.

HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...AND A FLASH
FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 3452 11741 3437 11766 3438 11766 3461 11768
      3466 11763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 195DEG 13KT 3455 11761

$$

TARDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 5:12 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego48 min
Jul 6, 12:14 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego61 min
Jul 6, 12:52 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino100 min
Jul 6, 12:55 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego50 min
Jul 6, 1:01 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego7 hr
Jul 6, 1:31 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXRiverside, San Diego59 min
Jul 6, 1:48 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino87 min
Jul 6, 2:48 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside42 min
Jul 6, 2:56 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino2 hr
Jul 6, 4:00 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino90 min
Jul 6, 4:27 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.