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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS San Diego, CA

August 13, 2022San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2022, 12:47 PM PDT for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2022, 12:47 PM PDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2022, 1:45 PM PDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2022-08-13Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2022-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
2166 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 13, 8:58 AM PDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 8:58 AM PDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 12:19 PM PDT, 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
1219 PM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022

CAZ050-058-062-132000-
San Diego County Inland Valleys CA-San Diego County Mountains-
Including The Palomar And Descanso Ranger Districts of the Cleveland
National Forest CA-San Diego County Deserts-
Including The Anza Borrego Desert State Park CA-
1219 PM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern San
Diego County through 100 PM PDT...

At 1217 PM PDT, NWS Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
over I-8 between Pine Valley and Boulevard, moving southwest at 5
mph.

HAZARD...Thunderstorms will very heavy rain and small hail on I-8.

SOURCE...Radar indicated heavy rain.

IMPACT...Travelers on Sunrise Highway and I-8. Minor flooding on
         roads and low lying areas.

Locations impacted include...
Mount Laguna, I-8 Between Pine Valley And Boulevard, I-8 Between
Boulevard And Imperial County Line, Pine Valley, Boulevard, Lake
Morena, Campo, Potrero, Descanso, La Posta Indian Reservation, Tierra
Del Sol, Campo Indian Reservation, Live Oak Springs, Manzanita Indian
Reservation, Guatay, Jacumba and Japatul Valley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3283 11664 3294 11637 3261 11619 3258 11651
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 032DEG 6KT 3277 11648

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Tardy

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 5:29 PM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSGXSan Diego3 hr
Aug 12, 11:21 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXRiverside39 min
Aug 12, 11:43 PM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSGXRiverside3 hr
Aug 13, 12:33 AM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSGXSan Diego3 hr
Aug 13, 2:32 AM PDTFlood WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego16 hr
Aug 13, 12:07 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego118 min
Aug 13, 12:19 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego41 min
Aug 13, 1:01 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino117 min
Aug 13, 1:05 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego40 min
Aug 13, 1:32 PM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSGXRiverside, San Bernardino118 min
Aug 13, 2:01 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGXSan Diego44 min
Aug 13, 2:21 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego54 min
Aug 13, 2:25 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Diego119 min
Aug 13, 3:05 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego3 hr
Aug 13, 3:43 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXSan Bernardino119 min
Aug 13, 4:32 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSGX43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.