1 lightning, 1 hail, 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 Aug 14, 1:30 PM PST, 6 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 230 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2005 .SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE IN SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE MARINE LAYER AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL CAUSE LOW CLOUDS AND LOCAL FOG WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS...LINGERING NEAR SOME BEACHES INTO THE AFTERNOONS. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... LOW CLOUDS AND LOCAL FOG WERE INTO THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AGAIN THIS MORNING. THE 12Z NKX SOUNDING HAD AN INVERSION BASED NEAR 2900 FT...ABOUT 500 FT HIGHER THAN 24 HOURS PREVIOUS. THERE WAS SE FLOW FROM ABOUT 5000 TO 15000 FT WITH SW WINDS ABOVE. ONSHORE GRADIENTS WITH ABOUT 6 MB SAN-IPL. THERE WAS SLOW AND ONLY PARTIAL CLEARING OF LOW CLOUDS FROM THE COASTAL AREAS AND STRATUS REMAIN EXTENSIVE OFFSHORE. CU WERE FORMING OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN THE SBD MOUNTAINS THE WEAK UPPER LOW NEAR THE WEST COAST WILL GRADUALLY PULL OUT TO THE NE AS A BROAD UPPER HI OVER THE SRN TIER OF STATES SLOWLY BUILDS IN FROM THE E DURING THE SHORT TERM. ETA AND GFS ARE INCONSISTENT ON THE DETAILS OF THE MOISTURE FIELD. LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE LIMITED MOISTURE IN SE FLOW THROUGH THE MID LEVELS FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HI DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON. THE ETA INCREASES THE MOISTURE MON FOR A BETTER CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. THE GFS ALSO HAS MID LEVEL MOISTURE IN SE FLOW MON...BUT DECREASING. BOTH MODELS HAVE THE MID LEVEL MOISTURE DECREASING TUE AND WED AS THE FLOW ALOFT TURNS MORE SW. THE MARINE LAYER SHOULD BECOME A LITTLE SHALLOWER AS HEIGHTS INCREASE AND WILL STILL BE SLOW TO CLEAR FROM THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS. THE MID LEVEL MOISTURE MAY CAUSE SOME DISRUPTION OF THE MARINE LAYER MON MORNING. SLIGHT UPWARD TREND IN TEMPS IN MOST AREAS W OF THE MOUNTAINS. LONGER RANGE PROGS INDICATE A PATTERN OF UPPER TROUGHING TO THE N WITH A BROAD HI TO THE E WILL CONTINUE. THIS WILL MAINTAIN DRY SW FLOW ALOFT. NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND LOCAL FOG WILL CONTINUE IN THE COASTAL AREAS AND EXTEND LOCALLY INLAND. EXPECT RELATIVELY MINOR TEMP CHANGES THU THROUGH SUN. && .AVIATION...CLOUDS LINGERED OVER ORANGE COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF COASTAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH BASES FROM 2200-2800 FEET. CLOUD TOPS WERE AROUND 3500 FEET. MARINE LAYER DEPTH WONT CHANGE MUCH TONIGHT WITH MVFR CEILINGS SPRDG INLAND TO THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH 14Z. CUMULUS WITH ISO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MTNS POSSIBLE THROUGH 03Z BEFORE DISSIPATING. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...ATKIN AVIATION...MOEDE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2005 CAZ042-043-151100- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- 400 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL AREAS IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. LARGE SOUTH SWELL WILL CAUSE ABOVE NORMAL SURF ALONG WITH STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HIGH TIDES OF OVER 7 FEET DURING THE EVENINGS...COMBINED WITH THE LARGER SURF...COULD CAUSE MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW AND BEACH EROSION WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NOTE...THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NOW INCORPORATES THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL INDEX THAT WAS ISSUED SEPARATELY IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL INDEX WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IF IT EXCEEDS THE LOW CATEGORY IN THE FIRST TWO DAYS. THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED DAILY AT 4 AM AND 4 PM OR AS NEEDED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30. CAZ055-056-058-060-061-062-151100- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 400 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS. LOCAL HEAVY RAINS...FLASH FLOODING...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH DESERTS. LOCAL HEAVY RAINS...LOCAL FLOODING...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY AFTERNOON. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MAXWELL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A complex of strong thunderstorms moved westward from near Apple Valley to Phelan during the overnight hours of the 14th. Numerous reports were received from long time residents suggesting that these thunderstorms were the most prolific lightning producers in many years.
Dime to nickel size hail and frequent lightning was reported in Victorville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5472549, 5472602.