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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS San Diego, CA

August 16, 2018Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2018, 2:30 PM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 77 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2018, 2:30 PM PDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2018, 3:47 PM PDT
In force
77 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 16, 2:35 PM PDTFLASH FLOOD1 Se Cherry Valley, CACHP REPORTS BROOKSIDE AVE AND HIGHLAND SPRINGS AVE FLOODED OUT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
Aug 16, 2:37 PM PDTFLOOD1 Se Cherry Valley, CACHP REPORTS ROAD FLOODED ON BOTH SIDES AT INTERSECTION OF BROOKSIDE AVE /HIGHLAND SPRINGS AVE IN BEAUMONT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2018-08-16Temperature 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, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2018-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

249 
WGUS56 KSGX 162130
FFWSGX
CAC065-071-170030-
/O.NEW.KSGX.FF.W.0021.180816T2130Z-180817T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service San Diego CA
230 PM PDT THU AUG 16 2018

The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  San Bernardino County in southern California...
  Riverside County in southern California...

* Until 530 PM PDT

* At 223 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding will likely 
  begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the valley fire burn scar 
  likely result in debris flow moving through the valley of the 
  falls and mill creek. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, 
  vegetation and other loose materials.

* Some locations that will likely experience flooding include... 
  Yucaipa, Forest Falls, Highways 243 and 38, Badlands, Mentone, 
  Interstate 10, Beaumont, Banning, Cali Mesa, Ramona Expressway, 
  and Lambs Canyon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3418 11662 3376 11678 3375 11713 3412 11710

$$

JMB
2 follow-up statements
555 
WGUS76 KSGX 162218
FFSSGX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
318 PM PDT THU AUG 16 2018

CAC065-071-170030-
/O.CON.KSGX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180817T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
San Bernardino CA-Riverside CA-
318 PM PDT THU AUG 16 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM PDT FOR SAN
BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES...

At 314 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated the thunderstorms had mostly 
weakened in the warning area from Beaumont to north of Hemet. 
However, flooding had already occurred in the Cherry Valley Area at 
237 PM. Low-lying locations between Beaumont and San Jacinto could 
have standing water through 430 PM. Any additional thunderstorms 
that develop will likely have heavy rain and could cause flash 
flooding.

Some locations that could experience flooding include...
Moreno Valley, Redlands, Yucaipa, Mount San Gorgonio, Forest Falls,
Hwy 243 Between Banning And Idyllwild, Hemet, Highland, San Jacinto,
Beaumont, Banning, Cabazon, Mountain Home Village, Mentone, Valle
Vista, Angelus Oaks, Hwy 38 Between Yucaipa And Onyx Summit,
Whitewater, Calimesa and Saboba Indian Reservation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3418 11662 3376 11678 3375 11713 3412 11710

$$

Maxwell
637 
WGUS76 KSGX 162247
FFSSGX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
347 PM PDT THU AUG 16 2018

CAC065-071-162256-
/O.CAN.KSGX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180817T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
San Bernardino CA-Riverside CA-
347 PM PDT THU AUG 16 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3418 11662 3376 11678 3375 11713 3412 11710

$$

MGM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 7:25 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego25 hr
Aug 16, 12:45 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXRiverside3 hr
Aug 16, 1:20 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Bernardino3 hr
Aug 16, 1:37 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino3 hr
Aug 16, 1:58 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside62 min
Aug 16, 2:34 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside56 min
Aug 16, 3:04 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Bernardino68 min
Aug 16, 3:09 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Bernardino53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.