Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Sacramento, CA
NWS Sacramento, CA issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2016, 2:22 PM PST for Tehama County, California. It was in force for 35 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, 2:22 PM PST (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2016, 2:57 PM PST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sacramento, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Tehama County, CA
The radar
The Beale AFB radar (KBBX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
797
WFUS56 KSTO 132222
TORSTO
CAC103-132315-
/O.NEW.KSTO.TO.W.0002.160113T2222Z-160113T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
222 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL TEHAMA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 315 PM PST
* AT 222 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR GERBER-LAS FLORES...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RED BLUFF...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GERBER-LAS FLORES AND LOS MOLINOS.
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 3997 12188 4005 12218 4020 12209 4014 12178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 278DEG 25KT 4011 12209
$$
CS1 follow-up statement
331
WWUS56 KSTO 132257
SVSSTO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
257 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016
CAC103-132306-
/O.CAN.KSTO.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160113T2315Z/
TEHAMA CA-
257 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL TEHAMA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3997 12188 4005 12218 4020 12209 4014 12178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 278DEG 25KT 4009 12192
$$
CSThe 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, 2:18 PM PST | Tornado Warning | STO | Shasta, Tehama | 27 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.