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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS San Diego, CA

August 2, 2017San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2017, 1:21 PM PDT for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 54 min. 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 2, 2017, 1:21 PM PDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2017, 2:15 PM PDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2017-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 229 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 2017-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
229 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-475 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1446 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

202 
WUUS56 KSGX 022021
SVRSGX
CAC073-022115-
/O.NEW.KSGX.SV.W.0013.170802T2021Z-170802T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service San Diego CA
121 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017

The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central San Diego County in southwestern California...

* Until 215 PM PDT

* At 119 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Palomar
  Mountain State Park, and is nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to power lines and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Palomar Mountain State Park, Palomar Mountain, Hwy 79 Between Oak
  Grove And Aguanga, Oak Grove, Pauma Valley, La Jolla Indian
  Reservation and Pauma Indian Reservation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3330 11677 3328 11695 3343 11699 3343 11679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 100DEG 2KT 3336 11689 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement
749 
WWUS56 KSGX 022036
SVSSGX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
136 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017

CAC073-022115-
/O.CON.KSGX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170802T2115Z/
San Diego CA-
136 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM PDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY...

At 134 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm remained over Palomar Mountain 
State Park, and is nearly stationary.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to power lines and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Palomar Mountain State Park, Palomar Mountain, Hwy 79 Between Oak
Grove And Aguanga, Oak Grove, Pauma Valley, La Jolla Indian
Reservation and Pauma Indian Reservation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3330 11677 3328 11695 3343 11699 3343 11679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 100DEG 2KT 3336 11690 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 12:04 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego41 min
Aug 2, 12:38 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego37 min
Aug 2, 12:42 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego33 min
Aug 2, 1:07 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXRiverside, San Diego3 hr
Aug 2, 1:17 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego3 hr
Aug 2, 1:43 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego47 min
Aug 2, 2:25 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego3 hr
Aug 2, 2:53 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego37 min
Aug 2, 3:25 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego35 min
Aug 2, 3:50 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego40 min
Aug 2, 3:59 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego46 min
Aug 2, 4:09 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego2 hr
Aug 2, 4:38 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Bernardino112 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.