1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 28, 8:00 AM PST, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 900 AM PDT THU APR 28 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A LATE SEASON PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INLAND ACROSS CALIFORNIA TODAY BRINGING MODERATE AMOUNTS OF RAIN AND SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. FAIR FRIDAY AND A LITTLE WARMER SATURDAY UNDER WEAK HIGH PRESSURE. ANOTHER WEAKER SYSTEM WILL BRUSH BY TO THE NORTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH CLOUDS AND A DEEPENING MARINE LAYER. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. NO UPDATES ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGESTS THE UPPER LOW HAS MOVED ONSHORE JUST SOUTH OF THE BAY AREA...SIMILAR TO WHAT THE MODELS ON WEDNESDAY WERE INDICATING. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT HAS JUST PASSED SAN DIEGO LINDBERGH FIELD WITH THE FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM NEAR PALM SPRINGS THROUGH IMPERIAL BEACH TO 30N...118W AT 1530Z. UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST WITH THE 12Z GFS MODEL PLACING IT INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA BY 00Z FRIDAY. A WEAK RIDGE MOVES OVER THE AREA BEHIND THE SHORTWAVE LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH DRYING INTO SATURDAY. MODELS STILL INDICATE SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY WITH THE NEXT SHORTWAVE THAT MOVES INTO THE COAST BUT MODELS ARE KEEPING POPS FAIRLY LOW WITH THIS SYSTEM. 12Z GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW THE SHORTWAVE SPLITTING WITH A PORTION GOING INLAND TO OUR NORTH AND THE REMAINDER GOING TO THE SOUTH OF US INTO NORTHERN MEXICO. STILL CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME SHOWERS WITH THIS SHORTWAVE BUT WILL WAIT AND SEE HOW LATER MODELS HANDLE THIS SYSTEM. 00Z GFS INDICATES ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK WITH LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION. NOTE...OUR IFPS DATABASE HAS BECOME CORRUPTED BY SOME PROCESS NCF HAS NOT SEEN BEFORE. TEXT PRODUCTS REFLECT MOST OF THE LATEST THINKING ON THE FORECAST. GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS AND SOME WEB PRODUCTS PULLED FROM THE GRIDS WILL NOT BE UPDATED UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. THERE MAY BE SOME MINOR INCONSISTENCIES IN SOME OF THE THE WEB AND GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS AS A RESULT. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM...SEE LAXWSWSGX. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM...SEE LAXNPWSGX. MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE LAXMWSSGX. && HORTON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 910 PM PDT WED APR 27 2005 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-281400- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 910 PM PDT WED APR 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. A LATE SEASON PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE EASTWARD TOWARDS CALIFORNIA. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FOR THURSDAY...A LATE SEASON PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INLAND ACROSS CALIFORNIA. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION ALONG AND WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THERE WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND WATERSPOUTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY MORNING...SEE LAXMWSSGX. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...SEE LAXWSWSGX. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MARTIN/JAD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1007 AM PDT THU APR 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0621 AM HEAVY RAIN SAN CLEMENTE 33.45N 117.61W
04/28/2005 0.00 INCH ORANGE CA PUBLIC
ORA120 REPORTS BRIEF LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADWAYS
0706 AM HAIL 2 S LAKE ARROWHEAD 34.23N 117.19W
04/28/2005 0.25 INCH SAN BERNARDINO CA PUBLIC
SBD174 REPORTS SOFT HAIL BEING REPORTED AT ELEVATION 5150
FEET.
0714 AM HEAVY RAIN FOREST FALLS 34.09N 116.92W
04/28/2005 1.25 INCH SAN BERNARDINO CA PUBLIC
24 HOUR RAINFALL 1.25 INCHES. CURRENLY 35 DEGREES AND
RAINING.
0738 AM HEAVY RAIN FALLBROOK 33.37N 117.24W
04/28/2005 0.00 INCH SAN DIEGO CA NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG I-15
NEAR HWY 76 INTERSECTION. NUMEROUS SPINOUTS.
0803 AM HEAVY RAIN SAN MARCOS 33.14N 117.17W
04/28/2005 0.00 INCH SAN DIEGO CA PUBLIC
SDG245 REPORTS HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME STREET FLOODING IN
SAN MARCOS
0835 AM HEAVY RAIN CYPRESS 33.82N 118.04W
04/28/2005 0.00 INCH ORANGE CA PUBLIC
ORA 221 REPORTS RAINFALL SO FAR 0.90 INCHES
0857 AM HEAVY RAIN IDYLLWILD-PINE COVE 33.75N 116.72W
04/28/2005 0.00 INCH RIVERSIDE CA PUBLIC
RIV201 REPORTS .70 INCH OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT. NO SNOW
AS OF YET. TEMPERATURE 35 DEGREES.
0924 AM HEAVY RAIN N LAKESIDE 32.85N 116.91W
04/28/2005 0.00 INCH SAN DIEGO CA PUBLIC
SDG 711 REPORTS .32 INCH RAIN SO FAR
&&
PURPURAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1027 AM PDT THU APR 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM WATER SPOUT DANA POINT 33.46N 117.70W
04/28/2005 ORANGE CA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
WIND DAMAGE...APPARENTLY FROM A WATERSPOUT THAT CAME
ONSHORE AT PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND DOHENY PARKWAY.
THREE TREES SNAPPED. 8 TO 10 MOBILE HOMES SUSTAINED SOME
MINOR DAMAGE
&&
PURPURAThe San Diego radar (KNKX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:19 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Photographs of this event show the funnel cloud extending half way to the ground just east of Hemet.
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