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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Sacramento, CA
NWS Sacramento, CA issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2014, 3:16 PM PDT for Glenn County, California. It was in force for 29 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
- Mar 26, 2014, 3:16 PM PDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2014, 3:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sacramento, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Glenn County, CA
The radar
The Beale AFB radar (KBBX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
695 WFUS56 KSTO 262216 TORSTO CAC021-262245- /O.NEW.KSTO.TO.W.0002.140326T2216Z-140326T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 316 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL GLENN COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 345 PM PDT * AT 308 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH EMBEDDED ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL GLENN COUNTY...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELK CREEK...MOVING VERY SLOW EAST NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. IT SHOULD REMAIN WEST OF INTERSTATE 5 FOR FOR THE TIME BEING. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN GLENN COUNTY AT 330 PM PDT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...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 3980 12228 3964 12220 3961 12246 3972 12250 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 235DEG 10KT 3967 12241 $$ JCLAPP
1 follow-up statement
452 WWUS56 KSTO 262239 SVSSTO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 339 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 CAC021-262245- /O.CON.KSTO.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140326T2245Z/ GLENN CA- 339 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM PDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL GLENN COUNTY... AT 330 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO WITH HAIL. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL GLENN COUNTY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF ORLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST 5 AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL THAT MAY ACCUMULATE ON GROUND. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3973 12247 3980 12228 3964 12220 3961 12244 TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 235DEG 10KT 3971 12234 $$ JCLAPP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sacramento, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 5:39 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | STO | 41 hr | |
| Mar 25, 5:39 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | STO | 9 hr | |
| Mar 25, 6:56 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | STO | Butte | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 2:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | STO | Glenn | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 3:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | STO | Tehama | 58 min |
| Mar 26, 3:45 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | STO | Glenn | 60 min |
| Mar 26, 4:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | STO | Sacramento | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 4:30 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | STO | Glenn | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 4:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | STO | Shasta | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.