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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS San Diego, CA

September 9, 2012San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2012, 5:23 PM PDT for San Diego 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
Sep 9, 2012, 5:23 PM PDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2012, 6:08 PM PDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 9, 5:25 PM PDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ese Pauma Valley, CANWS EMPLOYEE TOOK PHOTOS OF 3 LARGE PINE TREES DOWNED BY WIND. WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 40 MPH WIND AND PEA SIZE HAIL IN AREA. SDGE WEATHER STATION AT CUCA RANCH HAD 42 MPH GUSTS. THIS IS 2 MILE SOUTH OF PALOMAR MOUNTAIN AND ALONG HIGHWAY 76.

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

The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2012-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 137 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 2012-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-379 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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.

889 
WUUS56 KSGX 100023
SVRSGX
CAC073-100130-
/O.NEW.KSGX.SV.W.0028.120910T0023Z-120910T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
523 PM PDT SUN SEP 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 630 PM PDT

* AT 515 PM PDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALOMAR MOUNTAIN...OR 15 MILES   
  NORTHEAST OF ESCONDIDO...NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY CENTER BY 625 PM PDT...

&&

LAT...LON 3316 11716 3332 11720 3341 11680 3323 11678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 085DEG 4KT 3332 11694

$$

SMALL
1 follow-up statement
688 
WWUS56 KSGX 100108
SVSSGX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
608 PM PDT SUN SEP 9 2012

CAC073-100116-
/O.CAN.KSGX.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120910T0130Z/
SAN DIEGO CA-
608 PM PDT SUN SEP 9 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED SOUTHEAST...SO THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 3316 11716 3332 11720 3341 11680 3323 11678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 085DEG 4KT 3332 11700

$$

SMALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 5:30 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego104 min
Sep 9, 7:01 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego23 hr
Sep 9, 7:26 PM PDTBlowing Dust AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Diego3 hr
Sep 10, 12:21 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino119 min
Sep 10, 1:17 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside49 min
Sep 10, 1:29 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino3 hr
Sep 10, 2:00 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Bernardino3 hr
Sep 10, 2:33 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXOrange, Riverside50 min
Sep 10, 2:42 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego93 min
Sep 10, 2:59 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino2 hr
Sep 10, 3:07 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXOrange53 min
Sep 10, 4:34 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Bernardino116 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.