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Special Weather Statement, NWS San Diego, CA

January 29, 2021San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this special weather statement at Jan 29, 2021, 12:21 PM PST for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 39 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
Jan 29, 2021, 12:21 PM PST (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jan 29, 2021, 1:00 PM PST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

County San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 2021-01-29Temperature 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 2021-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

375 
WWUS86 KSGX 292021
SPSSGX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
1221 PM PST Fri Jan 29 2021
 
CAZ043-050-292100-
San Diego County Coastal Areas CA-San Diego County Inland Valleys CA-
1221 PM PST Fri Jan 29 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY UNTIL
100 PM PST...

At 1221 PM PST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Serra Mesa, or over Mission Valley, moving east at 20 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
El Cajon, Poway, Tierrasanta, Mission Valley, Santee, Scripps Ranch,
Qualcomm, Lake Murray, Kearny Mesa, Lakeside, Serra Mesa, Miramar,
Rancho Encantada, Winter Gardens, Allied Gardens, Grantville,
Bostonia, San Carlos, Del Cerro and Adams North.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3277 11714 3284 11715 3297 11697 3284 11684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 251DEG 18KT 3281 11711 

$$

Rodriguez

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 9:32 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino3 hr
Jan 28, 10:16 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino3 hr
Jan 29, 12:34 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego3 hr
Jan 29, 11:42 AM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGXOrange, San Diego5 hr
Jan 29, 2:12 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego33 min
Jan 29, 3:35 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego2 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.