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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS San Diego, CA

August 1, 2017San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2017, 1:27 PM PDT for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2017, 1:27 PM PDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2017, 4:30 PM PDT
In force
3 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), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 2017-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

244 
WGUS56 KSGX 012027
FFWSGX
CAC073-012330-
/O.NEW.KSGX.FF.W.0009.170801T2027Z-170801T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service San Diego CA
127 PM PDT TUE AUG 1 2017

The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a

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

* Until 430 PM PDT

* At 127 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding will likely begin
  shortly.

* Some locations that will likely experience flooding include...
  Alpine, Barona Indian Reservation, Captain Grande Indian
  Reservation, Flinn Springs, Viejas Indian Reservation and Harbison
  Canyon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3296 11670 3281 11668 3281 11686 3299 11689

$$

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2 follow-up statements
900 
WGUS76 KSGX 012052
FFSSGX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
152 PM PDT TUE AUG 1 2017

CAC073-012330-
/O.CON.KSGX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170801T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
San Diego CA-
152 PM PDT TUE AUG 1 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT FOR
CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY...

At 149 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area.  Flash flooding is likely ongoing or 
will begin shortly.

Areas in the vicinity of Alpine are at the greatest risk of flash 
flooding, with doppler radar estimating up to 1.75 inches of 
rainfall over the last hour.

Some locations that will likely experience flooding include...
Alpine, Barona Indian Reservation, Captain Grande Indian Reservation,
Flinn Springs, Viejas Indian Reservation and Harbison Canyon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3296 11670 3281 11668 3281 11686 3299 11689

$$

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101 
WGUS76 KSGX 012323
FFSSGX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
423 PM PDT TUE AUG 1 2017

CAC073-012333-
/O.EXP.KSGX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170801T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
San Diego CA-
423 PM PDT TUE AUG 1 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 430 PM PDT...

Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3296 11670 3281 11668 3281 11686 3299 11689

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 12:56 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego54 hr
Aug 1, 1:18 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego3 hr
Aug 1, 1:26 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego64 min
Aug 1, 2:52 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXOrange, Riverside, San Diego3 hr
Aug 1, 3:01 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside59 min
Aug 1, 3:23 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXOrange, Riverside52 min
Aug 1, 3:42 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXOrange, Riverside3 hr
Aug 1, 3:57 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXOrange, Riverside45 min
Aug 1, 4:00 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside45 min
Aug 1, 4:17 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino3 hr
Aug 1, 4:36 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXOrange39 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2017Every flash flood warning in 2017

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.