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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Sacramento, CA

September 5, 2017Alpine County, Amador County, El Dorado County, California

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2017, 2:54 PM PDT for Alpine County, Amador County, El Dorado County, California. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 5, 2017, 2:54 PM PDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2017, 3:28 PM PDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Sacramento, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alpine County, CA, Amador County, CA, El Dorado County, CA

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2017-09-05Temperature 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, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2017-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
3366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

480 
WUUS56 KSTO 052154
SVRSTO
CAC003-005-017-052245-
/O.NEW.KSTO.SV.W.0013.170905T2154Z-170905T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
254 PM PDT TUE SEP 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Alpine County in northern California...
  East central El Dorado County in northern California...
  Northeastern Amador County in northern California...

* Until 345 PM PDT

* At 254 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kirkwood,
  moving west at 10 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Carson Pass, Kirkwood, Twin Bridges, Kirkwood Meadows, Kirkwood Ski
  Area, Sierra At Tahoe and Kit Carson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3863 12025 3881 12026 3883 12010 3877 12000
      3869 11998 3867 11994 3866 11995
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 072DEG 10KT 3871 12011 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

cs
1 follow-up statement
514 
WWUS56 KSTO 052228
SVSSTO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
328 PM PDT TUE SEP 5 2017

CAC003-005-017-052238-
/O.CAN.KSTO.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170905T2245Z/
Alpine CA-El Dorado CA-Amador CA-
328 PM PDT TUE SEP 5 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALPINE...EAST
CENTRAL EL DORADO AND NORTHEASTERN AMADOR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3863 12025 3881 12026 3883 12010 3877 12000
      3869 11998 3867 11994 3866 11995
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 072DEG 10KT 3868 12023 

$$

cs

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 2:39 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSTOAlpine51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 2017Every severe thunderstorm 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.