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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS San Diego, CA

July 25, 2017San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2017, 1:51 PM PDT for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 4 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
Jul 25, 2017, 1:51 PM PDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2017, 5:45 PM PDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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
Jul 25, 2:52 PM PDTHEAVY RAIN 1.375 E Pine Valley, CAMOUNT LAGUNA RAWS...MLGC1...REPORTED 1.37 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1 HOUR. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT WAS 1 HOUR.

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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

082 
WGUS56 KSGX 252051
FFWSGX
CAC073-260045-
/O.NEW.KSGX.FF.W.0008.170725T2051Z-170726T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service San Diego CA
151 PM PDT TUE JUL 25 2017

The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern San Diego County in southwestern California...

* Until 545 PM PDT

* At 150 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the Mount Laguna area, with nearly a half an 
  inch of rain reported in the last 15 minutes. Flash flooding will 
  likely begin shortly.

* Some locations that will likely experience flooding include...
  Mount Laguna, I-8 Between Pine Valley And Boulevard, Cuyamaca
  Rancho State Park, I-8 Between Boulevard And Imperial County Line,
  Hwy S2 Between Shelter Valley And Agua Caliente, Hwy S1 Between
  Lake Cuyamaca And Mount Laguna, Pine Valley, Boulevard, Hwy S2
  Between Agua Caliente And Canebrake, Lake Morena, Campo and
  Descanso.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 11663 3301 11631 3264 11610 3262 11611
      3259 11645

$$

Harrison
2 follow-up statements
900 
WGUS76 KSGX 252144
FFSSGX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
244 PM PDT TUE JUL 25 2017

CAC073-260045-
/O.CON.KSGX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170726T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
San Diego CA-
244 PM PDT TUE JUL 25 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM PDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY...

At 240 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated that thunderstorms and heavy 
showers over the southern San Diego county mountains, including 
Mount Laguna and Pine Valley, have been dissipating over the past 20 
minutes. Rain gages reported 1.12 inches in one hour at Mount 
Laguna. Flash flooding is still a possibility due to run-off from 
earlier heavy rains. 

Some locations that will likely experience flooding include...
Mount Laguna, Sunrise Highway, Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, Highway 
S-2 Between Shelter Valley And Agua Caliente, Highway S-1 Between 
Lake Cuyamaca And Mount Laguna, Pine Valley, Boulevard, Highway S-2 
Between Agua Caliente And Canebrake, Lake Morena, Campo and Descanso.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 11663 3301 11631 3264 11610 3262 11611
      3259 11645

$$

Harrison
975 
WGUS76 KSGX 252234
FFSSGX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
334 PM PDT TUE JUL 25 2017

CAC073-252244-
/O.CAN.KSGX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170726T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
San Diego CA-
334 PM PDT TUE JUL 25 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

Showers and thunderstorms have dissipated and skies are now mostly 
clear. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat.

LAT...LON 3296 11663 3301 11631 3264 11610 3262 11611
      3259 11645

$$

Harrison

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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.