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Special Weather Statement, NWS San Diego, CA

August 3, 2017San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2017, 1:21 PM PDT for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 24 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 3, 2017, 1:21 PM PDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2017, 1:45 PM PDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

County San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 73 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 2017-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 527 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 2017-08-03The 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
527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

176 
WWUS86 KSGX 032021
SPSSGX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
121 PM PDT THU AUG 3 2017
 
CAZ058-062-032045-
San Diego County Mountains CA-San Diego County Deserts CA-
121 PM PDT THU AUG 3 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
UNTIL 145 PM PDT...

At 121 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mount Laguna. This storm was nearly stationary.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm, along with very heavy rainfall.

Locations impacted include...
Southern Mount Laguna, Pine Valley, Manzanita Indian Reservation and
La Posta Indian Reservation.

LAT...LON 3273 11646 3288 11649 3289 11634 3276 11633
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 257DEG 0KT 3282 11642 

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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, 2:52 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXRiverside3 hr
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, 1:34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.