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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Sacramento, CA
NWS Sacramento, CA issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2014, 7:00 PM PDT for El Dorado County, Placer County, California. It was in force for 45 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, 7:00 PM PDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2014, 7:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sacramento, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties El Dorado County, CA, Placer County, CA
The radar
The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
042 WFUS56 KSTO 270200 TORSTO CAC017-061-270245- /O.NEW.KSTO.TO.W.0009.140327T0200Z-140327T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 700 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL EL DORADO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... SOUTHWESTERN PLACER COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AUBURN... * UNTIL 745 PM PDT * AT 656 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEWCASTLE AND EAST OF ROCKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH AUBURN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 3899 12109 3883 12102 3881 12118 3888 12131 TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 245DEG 30KT 3885 12118 $$ CS
1 follow-up statement
706 WWUS56 KSTO 270218 SVSSTO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 718 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 CAC017-061-270227- /O.CAN.KSTO.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140327T0245Z/ EL DORADO CA-PLACER CA- 718 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PLACER AND WEST CENTRAL EL DORADO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... ROTATION WITH THE STORM HAS DIMINISHED AND RADAR NO LONGER INDICATES A TORNADO. LAT...LON 3899 12109 3883 12102 3881 12118 3888 12131 TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 245DEG 30KT 3892 12100 $$ CS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sacramento, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:09 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | STO | Butte, Glenn | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 5:40 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | STO | Placer, Sacramento, Sutter | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 6:01 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | STO | Butte, Glenn | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 6:12 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | STO | Placer, Sacramento, Sutter | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 6:19 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | STO | Tehama | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 6:57 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | STO | Butte | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 7:33 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | STO | Butte | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 2:44 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | STO | 13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.