Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Sacramento, CA
NWS Sacramento, CA issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2016, 2:18 PM PST for Shasta County, Tehama County, California. It was in force for 27 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
- Jan 13, 2016, 2:18 PM PST (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2016, 2:45 PM PST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sacramento, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Shasta County, CA, Tehama County, CA
The radar
The Beale AFB radar (KBBX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
226
WFUS56 KSTO 132218
TORSTO
CAC089-103-132245-
/O.NEW.KSTO.TO.W.0001.160113T2218Z-160113T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
218 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL SHASTA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...
NORTHEASTERN TEHAMA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 245 PM PST
* AT 217 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PAYNES CREEK...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHINGLETOWN...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAYNES CREEK AND MANTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4031 12208 4040 12213 4047 12183 4034 12179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 268DEG 27KT 4034 12201
$$
JHM2 follow-up statements
842
WWUS56 KSTO 132231
SVSSTO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
231 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016
CAC089-103-132245-
/O.CON.KSTO.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160113T2245Z/
SHASTA CA-TEHAMA CA-
231 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM PST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL SHASTA AND NORTHEASTERN TEHAMA COUNTIES...
AT 229 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NORTH OF PAYNES CREEK...OR WEST OF MANTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 30
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAYNES CREEK AND MANTON.
RADAR SHOWS THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED...BUT STILL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
DANGEROUS THROUGH 245 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4031 12208 4040 12213 4047 12183 4034 12179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 256DEG 27KT 4037 12189
$$
JHM707
WWUS56 KSTO 132246
SVSSTO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
246 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016
CAC089-103-132255-
/O.EXP.KSTO.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160113T2245Z/
SHASTA CA-TEHAMA CA-
246 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SHASTA AND NORTHEASTERN
TEHAMA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
AN ACTIVE TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEHAMA
COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM.
LAT...LON 4031 12208 4040 12213 4047 12183 4034 12179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 268DEG 27KT 4037 12189
$$
JHMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sacramento, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 1:43 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | STO | Shasta | 62 min |
| Jan 13, 2:03 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | STO | Tehama | 57 min |
| Jan 13, 2:22 PM PST | Tornado Warning | STO | Tehama | 35 min |
| Jan 13, 3:01 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | STO | Butte | 59 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.