Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 2016, 1:04 PM PST for Orange County, Riverside County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 56 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
- Jan 6, 2016, 1:04 PM PST (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2016, 2:00 PM PST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Orange County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 1:30 PM PST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Bonsall, CA | SECTIONS OF A BARN ROOF REMOVED BY STRONG WINDS. |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
300
WUUS56 KSGX 062104
SVRSGX
CAC059-065-073-062200-
/O.NEW.KSGX.SV.W.0002.160106T2104Z-160106T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
104 PM PST WED JAN 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...
RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...
NORTHWESTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 200 PM PST
* AT 100 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN CAMP PENDLETON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER STORM IS MOVING TOWARDS
FALLBROOK. A THIRD CELL IS OVER OPEN WATER MOVING TOWARDS
OCEANSIDE. THE POTENTIAL FOR A WATERSPOUT OR BRIEF TORNADO IS
POSSIBLE GIVEN THE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OCEANSIDE...CARLSBAD...TEMECULA...VISTA...SAN CLEMENTE...
ENCINITAS...SOUTHERN LAKE ELSINORE...DEL MAR...VALLEY CENTER AND
FALLBROOK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3375 11707 3362 11686 3332 11689 3296 11727
3317 11735 3321 11741 3332 11749 3338 11759
3344 11764 3346 11771 3351 11775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 241DEG 13KT 3340 11740
$$
TARDY2 follow-up statements
080
WWUS56 KSGX 062124
SVSSGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
124 PM PST WED JAN 6 2016
CAC059-065-073-062200-
/O.CON.KSGX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160106T2200Z/
ORANGE CA-RIVERSIDE CA-SAN DIEGO CA-
124 PM PST WED JAN 6 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM PST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE...RIVERSIDE AND NORTHWESTERN SAN DIEGO
COUNTIES...
AT 118 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR FALLBROOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS SEVERE
STORM WILL IMPACT WILDOMAR.
ANOTHER SEVERE STORM IS PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT WEST OF CARLSBAD.
THIS STORM WILL REACH THE IMMEDIATE COAST BETWEEN ENCINITAS AND
OCEANSIDE BY 140 PM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OCEANSIDE...VISTA...CARLSBAD...ENCINITAS...TEMECULA...SAN MARCOS...
SAN CLEMENTE...SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO...FALLBROOK...WILDOMAR...SOLANA
BEACH...CAMP PENDLETON SOUTH...CANYON LAKE...CAMP PENDLETON NORTH...
LAKELAND VILLAGE...MURRIETA...VALLEY CENTER...LAKE SAN MARCOS...
HIDDEN MEADOWS AND BONSALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3375 11707 3362 11686 3332 11689 3296 11727
3317 11735 3321 11741 3332 11749 3338 11759
3344 11764 3346 11771 3351 11775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 241DEG 13KT 3344 11731
$$
TARDY309
WWUS56 KSGX 062202
SVSSGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
202 PM PST WED JAN 6 2016
CAC059-065-073-062209-
/O.EXP.KSGX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160106T2200Z/
ORANGE CA-RIVERSIDE CA-SAN DIEGO CA-
202 PM PST WED JAN 6 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE...
RIVERSIDE AND NORTHWESTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM
PST...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO
60 MPH OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS AND A POSSIBLE SIGHTING OF A BRIEF
TORNADO EAST OF SAN CLEMENTE.
HOWEVER A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL
AND FLASH FLOODING IN NORTHWEST SAN DIEGO COUNTY...SPILLING ACROSS
THE ORANGE AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY LINES. RAINFALL OF 0.50 PER HOUR IS
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3375 11707 3362 11686 3332 11689 3296 11727
3317 11735 3321 11741 3332 11749 3338 11759
3344 11764 3346 11771 3351 11775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 241DEG 13KT 3344 11731
$$
TARDYThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 4:11 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 3 hr |
| Jan 5, 6:46 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 4 hr |
| Jan 5, 8:28 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 9 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:05 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 14 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:28 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 32 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:36 AM PST | Beach Hazards Statement | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 15 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:36 AM PST | High Surf Warning | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 59 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:00 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 29 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:10 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Orange | 5 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:35 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 55 min | |
| Jan 6, 12:40 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino | 6 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:45 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 45 min | |
| Jan 6, 12:46 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino | 44 min |
| Jan 6, 1:23 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 37 min | |
| Jan 6, 1:30 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 45 min | |
| Jan 6, 1:34 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:50 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 40 min | |
| Jan 6, 2:09 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 96 min | |
| Jan 6, 2:23 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 52 min |
| Jan 6, 2:45 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 60 min | |
| Jan 6, 2:54 PM PST | Tornado Warning | SGX | San Diego | 20 min |
| Jan 6, 2:56 PM PST | Tornado Warning | SGX | San Diego | 19 min |
| Jan 6, 3:12 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:19 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 43 min |
| Jan 6, 3:50 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 85 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.