Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Sacramento, CA
NWS Sacramento, CA issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2016, 3:14 PM PST for Tehama County, California. It was in force for 46 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 23, 2016, 3:14 PM PST (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sacramento, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Tehama County, CA
The radar
The Beale AFB radar (KBBX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 3:26 PM PST | HAIL 0.5 | 4 S Red Bluff, CA | HALF INCH HAIL FALLING ON INTERSTATE 5. HAIL IS 3 INCHES DEPTH ON ROADWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
133
WFUS56 KSTO 232314
TORSTO
CAC103-240000-
/O.NEW.KSTO.TO.W.0004.160123T2314Z-160124T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
314 PM PST SAT JAN 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL TEHAMA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM PST
* AT 312 PM PST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR PASKENTA ROAD SOUTH OF RED BLUFF. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT
ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING EAST
SOUTHAST AT 8 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
I5 SOUTH OF RED BLUFF...TEHAMA...
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN
WITH ROAD FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4008 12231 4017 12224 4017 12201 3995 12214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 285DEG 6KT 4009 12223
$$
EK2 follow-up statements
871
WWUS56 KSTO 232334
SVSSTO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
334 PM PST SAT JAN 23 2016
CAC103-240000-
/O.CON.KSTO.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/
TEHAMA CA-
334 PM PST SAT JAN 23 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM PST FOR CENTRAL
TEHAMA COUNTY...
AT 328 PM PST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED BLUFF. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF RED BLUFF OVER
I5...SLOWLY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
IN ADDITION...AT SMALL HAIL 3 INCHES DEEP WAS REPORTED ON I5 4 MILES
SOUTH OF RED BLUFF. TRAFFIC IS AT A STANDSTILL AND NUMEROUS
ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... I5 SOUTH OF RED BLUFF...RICHFIELD
TEHAMA...GERBER-LAS FLORES AND LOS MOLINOS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4006 12227 4015 12223 4017 12201 3995 12214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 285DEG 6KT 4008 12220
$$
EK606
WWUS56 KSTO 240000
SVSSTO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
400 PM PST SAT JAN 23 2016
CAC103-240005-
/O.EXP.KSTO.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/
TEHAMA CA-
400 PM PST SAT JAN 23 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL TEHAMA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 400
PM PST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS EXITING TO THE SOUTH OF THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEHAMA COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN BUTTE COUNTY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN 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 4006 12227 4015 12223 4017 12201 3995 12214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 285DEG 6KT 4008 12220
$$
EKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sacramento, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 1:25 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | STO | Tehama | 35 min |
| Jan 23, 2:20 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | STO | Tehama | 40 min |
| Jan 23, 2:36 PM PST | Tornado Warning | STO | Tehama | 39 min |
| Jan 23, 3:51 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | STO | Butte, Tehama | 54 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.