Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021

Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS San Diego, CA

August 31, 2021Riverside County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2021, 5:44 PM PDT for Riverside County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 96 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, 2021, 5:44 PM PDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2021, 7:20 PM PDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-01Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

882 
WGUS56 KSGX 010044
FFWSGX
CAC065-073-010345-
/O.NEW.KSGX.FF.W.0012.210901T0044Z-210901T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service San Diego CA
544 PM PDT Tue Aug 31 2021

The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Riverside County in southern California...
  Northeastern San Diego County in southwestern California...

* Until 845 PM PDT.

* At 544 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area with the heaviest rain occurring 
  along Highway 86 just west of Desert Shores where flash flooding 
  is likely. Additional thunderstorms with heavy rain are occurring 
  over Chiriaco Summit. Water from this will flow southwest across 
  Box Canyon. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional 
  rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. 
  Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Box Canyon, Coachella, Borrego Springs, Thermal, Hwy S22 Between 
  Borrego Springs And Imperial County Line, Highway 86, La Quinta, 
  Mecca and Santa Rosa Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. 
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a 
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.

&&

LAT...LON 3366 11622 3377 11604 3374 11600 3374 11595
      3351 11595 3352 11605 3351 11605 3350 11607
      3343 11603 3343 11609 3323 11608 3325 11637

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

Gregoria
2 follow-up statements
166 
WGUS76 KSGX 010147
FFSSGX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
647 PM PDT Tue Aug 31 2021

CAC065-073-010345-
/O.CON.KSGX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210901T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Riverside CA-San Diego CA-
647 PM PDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM PDT THIS 
EVENING FOR RIVERSIDE AND NORTHEASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTIES...

At 647 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated that the heaviest rain has 
ended over the warning area. However, the recent heavy rain has 
likely lead to flooding which will take some time to drain.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
         flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
         urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Highway 86, Hwy S22 Between Borrego Springs And Imperial County 
Line, Box Canyon, Mecca and Santa Rosa Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. 
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a 
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.

&&

LAT...LON 3366 11622 3377 11604 3374 11600 3374 11595
      3351 11595 3352 11605 3351 11605 3350 11607
      3343 11603 3343 11609 3323 11608 3325 11637

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

Gregoria
380 
WGUS76 KSGX 010220
FFSSGX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
720 PM PDT Tue Aug 31 2021

CAC065-073-010230-
/O.CAN.KSGX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210901T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Riverside CA-San Diego CA-
720 PM PDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR RIVERSIDE AND NORTHEASTERN 
SAN DIEGO COUNTIES...

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

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM PDT for the area.

LAT...LON 3366 11622 3377 11604 3374 11600 3374 11595
      3351 11595 3352 11605 3351 11605 3350 11607
      3343 11603 3343 11609 3323 11608 3325 11637

$$

Gregoria

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 5:17 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXRiverside, San Diego58 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021

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.