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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS San Diego, CA

March 23, 2021Riverside County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2021, 4:32 PM PDT for Riverside County, California. It was in force for 40 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
Mar 23, 2021, 4:32 PM PDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2021, 5:12 PM PDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Riverside County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2021-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

859 
WUUS56 KSGX 232332
SVRSGX
CAC065-240030-
/O.NEW.KSGX.SV.W.0001.210323T2332Z-210324T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service San Diego CA
432 PM PDT Tue Mar 23 2021

The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a

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

* Until 530 PM PDT.

* At 427 PM PDT, showers producing severe wind gusts to 60 mph was 
  located over Thermal, moving southeast at 20 mph. A wind gust of 
  60 mph was just recorded at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Blowing dust 
           producing sudden restrictions to visibility is possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Southeastern Indio, Coachella, Thermal, La Quinta, Mecca and Santa
  Rosa Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3351 11597 3352 11605 3351 11605 3351 11607
      3350 11608 3345 11604 3342 11604 3342 11607
      3358 11634 3379 11616 3370 11594 3352 11595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 301DEG 17KT 3361 11612 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Gregoria
1 follow-up statement
819 
WWUS56 KSGX 240012
SVSSGX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
512 PM PDT Tue Mar 23 2021

CAC065-240021-
/O.CAN.KSGX.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210324T0030Z/
Riverside CA-
512 PM PDT Tue Mar 23 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
Winds have weakened below severe levels. Therefore, the warning has 
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3351 11597 3352 11605 3351 11605 3351 11607
      3350 11608 3345 11604 3342 11604 3342 11607
      3358 11634 3379 11616 3370 11594 3352 11595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 301DEG 17KT 3350 11590 

$$

Gregoria

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 12:15 PM PDTWind AdvisorySGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego24 hr

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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.