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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS San Diego, CA

August 11, 2012Riverside County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2012, 3:05 PM PDT for Riverside County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 11, 2012, 3:05 PM PDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2012, 3:45 PM PDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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
Aug 11, 3:30 PM PDTTSTM WND DMGTemecula, CANORTHEAST TEMECULA. WIND ESTIMATES 60-65 MPH. A MICROBURST CAUSED DAMAGE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE MICROBURST DESCENDED FROM THE THUNDERSTORM DOWNWARD INTO THE MIDDLE OF A BACKYARD AND WAS ABOUT 20 YARDS WIDE BLOWING DOWN THE FENCES ON THE NORTH AND S

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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2012-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 268 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-713 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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.

511 
WUUS56 KSGX 112205
SVRSGX
CAC065-073-112245-
/O.NEW.KSGX.SV.W.0009.120811T2205Z-120811T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
305 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TEMECULA...
  NORTH CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 345 PM PDT

* AT 300 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEMECULA...AND MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AT 320 PM PDT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3352 11720 3365 11698 3345 11683 3334 11701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 040DEG 12KT 3343 11701

$$

JT
1 follow-up statement
522 
WWUS56 KSGX 112243
SVSSGX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
343 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012

CAC065-073-112247-
/O.EXP.KSGX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120811T2245Z/
SAN DIEGO CA-RIVERSIDE CA-
343 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RIVERSIDE AND
NORTH CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM PDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
HAS WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 
HOWEVER...PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3352 11720 3365 11698 3345 11683 3334 11701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 040DEG 12KT 3335 11709

$$

JT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 5:20 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside115 min
Aug 11, 12:00 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Bernardino92 min
Aug 11, 12:58 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Bernardino2 hr
Aug 11, 1:23 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino3 hr
Aug 11, 1:58 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino3 hr
Aug 11, 2:03 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside27 min
Aug 11, 2:23 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside22 min
Aug 11, 2:46 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside44 min
Aug 11, 3:22 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Bernardino113 min
Aug 11, 3:33 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXOrange, Riverside42 min
Aug 11, 4:40 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.