Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2017, 2:52 AM PDT for Riverside County, California. It was in force for 3 hr. 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
- Aug 3, 2017, 2:52 AM PDT (09:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2017, 5:45 AM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Riverside County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2:55 AM PDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.92 | Cathedral City, CA |
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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
559
WGUS56 KSGX 030952
FFWSGX
CAC065-031245-
/O.NEW.KSGX.FF.W.0013.170803T0952Z-170803T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service San Diego CA
252 AM PDT THU AUG 3 2017
The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Riverside County in southern California...
* Until 545 AM PDT
* At 251 AM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding will likely
begin shortly. Around one inch of rain has fallen in the past hour
and flooding of Borrego Palm Canyon will likely occur due to these
heavy rains. Motorists and hikers within and downstream of the
canyon should seek higher ground immediately.
* Some locations that will likely experience flooding include...
Southeastern Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, Rancho
Mirage, Hwy 74 Between Mountain Center And Anza and Hwy 74 Between
Anza And Palm Desert.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
&&
LAT...LON 3384 11639 3360 11638 3357 11668 3382 11662
$$
JMB2 follow-up statements
419 WGUS76 KSGX 031116 FFSSGX Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service San Diego CA 416 AM PDT THU AUG 3 2017 CAC065-031245- /O.CON.KSGX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170803T1245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Riverside CA- 416 AM PDT THU AUG 3 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM PDT FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY... At 411 AM PDT, Doppler radar indicated that the heavy thunderstorms that prompted the warning had moved out of the area. However, an area of moderate showers has also re-developed and will bring additional rainfall through 6 am of up to one-quarter of an inch. Flash flooding is still a concern, especially in the Borrego Palm Canyon basin. Flooding was reported in Thousand Palms along Ramon Road. Some locations that will likely experience flooding include... Southeastern Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, Hwy 74 Between Mountain Center And Anza and Hwy 74 Between Anza And Palm Desert. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life. && LAT...LON 3384 11639 3360 11638 3357 11668 3382 11662 $$ JMB
107 WGUS76 KSGX 031204 FFSSGX Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service San Diego CA 504 AM PDT THU AUG 3 2017 CAC065-031214- /O.CAN.KSGX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170803T1245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Riverside CA- 504 AM PDT THU AUG 3 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat as rain has pretty much come to an end. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3384 11639 3360 11638 3357 11668 3382 11662 $$ JMB
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 12:24 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Bernardino | 111 min |
| Aug 3, 3:10 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:13 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 11:46 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | Riverside | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 11:59 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:44 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:49 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 1:19 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:21 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 1:34 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 1:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 2:10 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:12 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | 33 min | |
| Aug 3, 3:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SGX | Orange | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 4:35 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 40 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.