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 Feb 23, 3:30 AM PST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 330 AM PST WED FEB 23 2005 .SYNOPSIS... THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOCAL HEAVY RAIN...HAIL... WATERSPOUTS AND A TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE LOW SLOWLY EXITS THE AREA. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL MOVE OVER THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A WEAK TROUGH WILL AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. THE FILLING 552 UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE TO THE SE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE INTENSE BANDS OF PRECIP THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...AND LAST NIGHT...DO NOT SEEM TO BE MATERIALIZING THIS MORNING. THUS WE ARE EXPECTING MUCH LESS ORGANIZED AREAS OF PRECIP TODAY...AND INSTEAD...MORE SCATTERED IN CHARACTER...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SINCE THERE COULD STILL BE HEAVY SHOWERS...WE WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING THIS MORNING. THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SAN DIEGO COAST AND VALLEYS EXPIRES AT 600 AM...AS IT DOES ALSO FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE. AREAS AROUND ELSINORE...MURRIETA...SUN CITY... AND PERRIS HAVE A LOT OF NEW LARGE PONDS EVERYWHERE AS WATER HAS BEEN SLOW TO DRAIN. IF SHOWERS PICK UP AGAIN OVER THESE AREAS...THE A NEW FLOOD ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. EXPECTING UPSLOPE SHOWERS AND SOME WIND TO KEEP AREAS OF SNOW GOING OVER THE MOUNTAINS...SO WILL KEEP THE WINTER STORM AND SNOW ADVISORY GOING UNTIL 6 PM. REMNANT WESTERN EDGE OF THE 558 LOW STILL OVER US FOR CONTINUED COOL AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. WEAK 564 RIDGE FOR SOME CLEARING AND SLIGHT WARMING FOR SAT THRU MON. THEN ANOTHER 550 LOW BRINGS A THREAT OF MORE RAIN MON NIGHT INTO WED OF NEXT WEEK. BUT THIS LOW LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT TRACK FURTHER NORTH...AND ACTUALLY KEEP TRACKING...SO IT SHOULD NOT BE AS HEAVY A RAIN MAKER AS THIS LAST ONE. LONG RANGE MAPS SUGGESTS THAT THE TRACK OF UPPER LOWS WILL CONTINUE THE NORTHWARD SHIFT...BRINGING AND END TO THE SOGGY WEATHER PATTERN. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF FAR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...SEE LAXFFASGX. WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ABOVE 5500 FEET FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SEE LAXWSWSGX. SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM ABOVE 5500 FEET FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SEE LAXWSWSGX. HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM FOR ORANGE COUNTY AND UNTIL 2 PM THURSDAY FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY...SEE LAXCFWSGX. POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND WATERSPOUTS CONTINUES TODAY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...SEE LAXMWSSGX. FLOOD WARNING FOR SAN DIEGO RIVER AT FASHION VALLEY...SEE LAXFLWSGX AND LAXRVSSGX. && MACKECHNIE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 600 AM PST WED FEB 23 2005 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-241400- 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- 600 AM PST WED FEB 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. THE COLD UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...CAUSING PERIODS OF SHOWERS WITH MOUNTAIN SNOW. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE LOCAL FLOODING. A LARGE SWELL OVER THE WATERS IS ALSO BEING CREATED BY THE STORM. A BREAK IN THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...BUT YET ANOTHER COLD UPPER LOW COULD BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING...SEE LAXFFASGX. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM ABOVE 5500 FEET FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SEE LAXWSWSGX. SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM ABOVE 5500 FEET FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SEE LAXWSWSGX. HIGH SURF ADVISORY INTO THURSDAY...SEE LAXCFWSGX. POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND WATERSPOUTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY...SEE LAXMWSSGX. FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SAN DIEGO RIVER... SEE LAXFLWSGX AND LAXRVSSGX. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS FROM THE CURRENT STORM ON THURSDAY... THEN CLEARING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...MORE HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING COULD START LATE MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK DUE TO ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. MACKECHNIE
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:37 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud that was spotted from Point Loma lowered half way to the ground before it began to dissipate. The storm that produced the funnel cloud also produced small hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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