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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS San Diego, CA

March 7, 20164 counties in California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2016, 7:58 AM PST for 4 counties in California. It was in force for 43 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 7, 2016, 7:58 AM PST (15:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2016, 8:41 AM PST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Orange County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 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.

The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2016-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2016-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

110 
WUUS56 KSGX 071558
SVRSGX
CAC059-065-071-073-071700-
/O.NEW.KSGX.SV.W.0009.160307T1558Z-160307T1700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
758 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...
  SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...
  RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...
  NORTHWESTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 900 AM PST

* AT 758 AM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 60
  MPH MOVING THROUGH THE INLAND EMPIRE AND NORTHWEST SAN DIEGO
  COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF RIVERSIDE TO
  NEAR FALLBROOK...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  SAN BERNARDINO...FONTANA...MORENO VALLEY...OCEANSIDE...CARLSBAD...
  TEMECULA...RIALTO...VISTA AND REDLANDS.

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 3423 11755 3426 11735 3413 11705 3393 11684
      3370 11674 3344 11688 3302 11728 3317 11735
      3336 11753 3373 11742
TIME...MOT...LOC 1552Z 268DEG 33KT 3368 11722 

$$

ALBRIGHT
1 follow-up statement
516 
WWUS56 KSGX 071641
SVSSGX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
841 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016

CAC059-065-071-073-071647-
/O.CAN.KSGX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160307T1700Z/
ORANGE CA-SAN BERNARDINO CA-RIVERSIDE CA-SAN DIEGO CA-
841 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ORANGE...SAN
BERNARDINO...RIVERSIDE AND NORTHWESTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE
MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWEST SAN DIEGO
COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE.

LAT...LON 3423 11755 3426 11735 3413 11705 3393 11684
      3370 11674 3344 11688 3302 11728 3317 11735
      3336 11753 3373 11742
TIME...MOT...LOC 1637Z 268DEG 33KT 3369 11672 

$$

ALBRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 2:01 AM PSTGale WarningSGX24 hr
Mar 7, 3:34 AM PSTWind AdvisorySGXOrange, Riverside, San Diego16 hr
Mar 7, 5:48 AM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGXOrange, San Diego16 hr
Mar 7, 6:17 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSGX118 min
Mar 7, 6:36 AM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego84 min
Mar 7, 8:06 AM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego84 min
Mar 7, 8:17 AM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSGX43 min

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.