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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS San Diego, CA

August 3, 2017Riverside County, California

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 3, 2:55 AM PDTHEAVY RAIN 0.92Cathedral 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2017-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 220 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 00:00Z on 2017-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

JMB
2 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 12:24 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Bernardino111 min
Aug 3, 3:10 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino2 hr
Aug 3, 11:13 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego47 min
Aug 3, 11:46 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXRiverside29 min
Aug 3, 11:59 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego3 hr
Aug 3, 12:44 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Diego2 hr
Aug 3, 12:49 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego3 hr
Aug 3, 1:07 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego23 min
Aug 3, 1:19 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego3 hr
Aug 3, 1:21 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego24 min
Aug 3, 1:34 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego41 min
Aug 3, 1:40 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego39 min
Aug 3, 2:10 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino3 hr
Aug 3, 3:12 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGX33 min
Aug 3, 3:59 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXOrange46 min
Aug 3, 4:35 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino40 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.