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Tornado Warning 2, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2024, 12:00 PM PST for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 7 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
- Feb 6, 2024, 12:00 PM PST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2024, 12:07 PM PST
- In force
- 7 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County San Diego County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 23 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
228
WFUS56 KSGX 062000
TORSGX
CAC073-062045-
/O.NEW.KSGX.TO.W.0002.240206T2000Z-240206T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service San Diego CA
1200 PM PST Tue Feb 6 2024
The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central San Diego County in southwestern California...
* Until 1245 PM PST.
* At 1200 PM PST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over El Cajon, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
El Cajon, La Mesa, Tierrasanta, Santee, Lemon Grove, Rancho San
Diego, Spring Valley, Crest, Lakeside, La Presa, Lake Murray,
Bonita, Winter Gardens, Harbison Canyon, Granite Hills, Bostonia,
Casa De Oro-Mount Helix, Jamacha Lomita, and Flinn Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3270 11697 3272 11705 3286 11702 3286 11680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 214DEG 30KT 3280 11697
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Adams1 follow-up statement
554
WWUS56 KSGX 062007 RRA
SVSSGX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
1207 PM PST Tue Feb 6 2024
CAC073-062017-
/O.CAN.KSGX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240206T2045Z/
San Diego CA-
1207 PM PST Tue Feb 6 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3270 11697 3272 11705 3286 11702 3286 11680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 214DEG 30KT 3284 11694
$$
EAThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 4:49 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:49 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 8 hr |
| Feb 5, 9:33 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Diego | 117 min |
| Feb 5, 11:35 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:06 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside | 11 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:12 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:15 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:03 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 22 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:28 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SGX | San Diego | 53 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:42 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Orange | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:28 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:35 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:46 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:55 AM PST | Flash Flood Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Diego | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:14 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 31 min | |
| Feb 6, 11:02 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 28 min | |
| Feb 6, 11:24 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 36 min | |
| Feb 6, 11:30 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 11:40 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 11:44 AM PST | Tornado Warning | SGX | San Diego | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 12:19 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | SGX | San Diego | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 12:25 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Riverside | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:06 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SGX | 45 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:52 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside | 3 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.