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 Jan 2, 9:30 AM PST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD WINTER STORM APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AND FLASH FLOOD AND WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT. COOL...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. .SHORT TERM...RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS OFF THE ORANGE COUNTY COAST AT 1730Z...AND CHP REPORTED LIGHT SNOW IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. 12Z NKX SOUNDING WAS STILL FAIRLY DRY ABOVE 6000 FEET AND MUCH OF THE MOISTURE ADVECTION TODAY WILL GO INTO SATURATING THE MID LEVELS. PRECIP WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND SPREAD FARTHER SOUTH AS THIS OCCURS THROUGH TONIGHT. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS A WELL DEFINED COLD UPPER LOW SPINNING OFF THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST AT 17Z. THIS LOW WILL MOVE SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOCAL MONDAY AND TUESDAY. BETWEEN 06Z AND 09Z THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES SATURATED TO 400 MB...AFTER WHICH THE HEAVY RAIN WILL ARRIVE. EXPECT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE TO BE VERY WET WITH RAIN AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE COASTAL AREAS AND 3 TO 5 INCHES ON THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND FOOTHILLS. THE 12Z MESO ETA FORECASTS SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN A VERY EFFICIENT OROGRAPHIC RAIN PROCESS THAT WILL BRING VERY HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTHWEST FACING MTN SLOPES IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE THE FREEZING LEVEL WILL SEE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOW WITH A FOOT OR MORE AT THE RESORT LEVELS. THE PRECIP WILL TURN TO SHOWERS TUESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES AND WINDS ALOFT TURN WESTERLY. IT WILL BE QUITE COLD TUESDAY AS THE COLDEST AIR ALOFT MOVES ACROSS SOCAL. THE COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL LOWER SNOW LEVELS TO 3000 FEET EARLY TUESDAY...LOW ENOUGH FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO FALL IN THE HIGH DESERTS. .LONG TERM...AN UPPER TROUGH LINGERS OVER THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. HEIGHTS DONT RECOVER MUCH AND THE POLAR TYPE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHWEST...AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE WAY BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE COLD...UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL KEEP A THREAT OF SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...BUT THE BEST CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIP WILL BE FRIDAY WHEN ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS SOCAL. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL AREAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...SEE LAXFFASGX. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO...RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...SEE LAXWSWSGX. HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...SEE LAXHWOSGX. && MOEDE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 600 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2005 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-031400- 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- 600 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2005 .DAY ONE... REST OF TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW BEGINNING AS EARLY AS LATE TONIGHT. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING. THERE COULD ALSO BE ROCK AND MUD SLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND IN AND BELOW THE RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LOCAL VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN THE MOUNTAINS IN SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE PRESENT AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW MONDAY AND TUESDAY. PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM...THE STRONGEST IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING. THERE COULD ALSO BE ROCK AND MUD SLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND IN AND BELOW THE RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LOCAL VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN THE MOUNTAINS IN SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG. STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE PRESENT AT AREA BEACHES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY FOR ALL AREAS BELOW 5000 FEET...SEE LAXFFASGX. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO... RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...SEE LAXWSWSGX. THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS POSSIBLE INTO THE END OF NEXT WEEK. SKYWARN ACTIVATION STATEMENT...WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. JAD
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Lifeguards reported a funnel cloud 10 miles west of the Huntington Beach Pier.
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