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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS San Diego, CA

August 31, 2017Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2017, 3:35 PM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 55 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 31, 2017, 3:35 PM PDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2017, 4:30 PM PDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2017-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 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 2017-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-747 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

573 
WUUS56 KSGX 312235
SVRSGX
CAC065-071-312330-
/O.NEW.KSGX.SV.W.0021.170831T2235Z-170831T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service San Diego CA
335 PM PDT THU AUG 31 2017

The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  San Bernardino County in southern California...
  Riverside County in southern California...

* Until 430 PM PDT

* At 333 PM PDT, nearly stationary severe thunderstorms stretched 
  from near Fontana south to Woodcrest.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Riverside, Fontana, Moreno Valley, Ontario, Rialto, Rancho
  Cucamonga, Colton, March Airforce Base, Woodcrest, Pedley, Rubidoux
  and Grand Terrace.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3395 11720 3382 11734 3394 11748 3408 11759
      3416 11752 3420 11742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 137DEG 3KT 3406 11744 

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

JJT
2 follow-up statements
941 
WWUS56 KSGX 312310
SVSSGX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
410 PM PDT THU AUG 31 2017

CAC065-071-312330-
/O.CON.KSGX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170831T2330Z/
San Bernardino CA-Riverside CA-
410 PM PDT THU AUG 31 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT
FOR SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES...

At 409 PM PDT, nearly stationary severe thunderstorms stretched from 
near Fontana south to Woodcrest.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Riverside, Fontana, Ontario, Rialto, Rancho Cucamonga, Colton,
Woodcrest, Pedley, Rubidoux, Grand Terrace, Glen Avon and Highgrove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3400 11726 3385 11737 3394 11748 3408 11759
      3416 11752 3420 11742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 137DEG 3KT 3408 11747 

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

JJT
582 
WWUS56 KSGX 312328
SVSSGX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
428 PM PDT THU AUG 31 2017

CAC065-071-312337-
/O.EXP.KSGX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170831T2330Z/
San Bernardino CA-Riverside CA-
428 PM PDT THU AUG 31 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM PDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
San Diego.

LAT...LON 3400 11726 3385 11737 3394 11748 3408 11759
      3416 11752 3420 11742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 137DEG 3KT 3409 11748 

$$

JJT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 1:38 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego3 hr
Aug 31, 2:11 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside3 hr
Aug 31, 2:25 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside65 min
Aug 31, 3:04 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside56 min
Aug 31, 3:36 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino3 hr
Aug 31, 3:58 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino3 hr

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.