Thunderstorm Wind, Riverside
- When
- July 22, 5:05 PM PST
- Where
- Riverside County, 3 mi SW of Desert Center
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.683, -115.433
Damaging Wind in California, July 22, 2005
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 22, 1:00 PM PST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:00 PM PST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 200 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A MONSOONAL AIR MASS WILL BRING HUMID WEATHER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. FOR THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK...A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MAY DEVELOP OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST BRINGING DRYING AND MINOR COOLING. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... MARINE LAYER CONTINUES TO BE VERY SHALLOW AND CONFINED MAINLY TO THE COASTAL WATERS. EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN THE MARINE LAYER DEPTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY FIRING UP OVER THE AREA MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SIMILAR TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO DISSIPATE BY SUNSET. WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN PLACE THROUGH THIS EVENING. LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO CONSIDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SATURDAY BASED ON THE MOISTURE THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF EMILY. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE EASTERLY WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT ONCE EMILY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE SHOULD INCREASE ON SATURDAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE WIDE SPREAD SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CLOUDS ON SUNDAY COULD BE THICK ENOUGH TO LIMIT HEATING WHICH MAY RESULT IN MORE GENERALIZED SHOWERS BUT THERE STILL IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS MOISTURE ON SUNDAY. SOME OF THIS MOISTURE SHOULD REACH THE WESTERN VALLEY AND COASTAL AREAS ON SUNDAY. MOISTURE SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE ON MONDAY ALLOWING ADDITIONAL HEATING SO EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE A WEAK TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST DURING THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK WHICH SHOULD BRING SOME COOLING ALONG WITH SOME DRYING TO THE AREA DURING THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...SCATTTERED CUMULONIMBUS OVER MOUNTAINS BASES 10000-12000 FT MSL THROUGH 0300 UTC WITH TOPS TO 45000 FT. MEAN WIND FLOW IS SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 5 KTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT SO THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR STATIONARY THROUGH THE EVENING THEN REFORM/DRIFT NORTH ACROSS OVER SAN BERNARDINO DESERT TONIGHT. EXPECT IFR CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL MOUNTAIN RANGES BY 2300 UTC AS HOLES FILL IN. HAIL IS ALSO A THREAT WITH DIAMETERS OF 0.50-0.75 INCH EXPECTED. AFTER 0800 UTC UNTIL 1500 UTC ALONG IMMEDIATE COAST LOW IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH STRATUS/FOG BANK AT OR BELOW 400 FEET. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORMS...SEE LAXHWOSGX. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY...SEE LAXFFASGX. && PUBLIC...HORTON AVIATION...BALFOUR
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 3:00 PM PST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005 CAZ056-058-231100- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 400 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. MODERATE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FOR SATURDAY...HIGH FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING COULD BE SIGNIFICANT. FOR SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. CAZ055-060-061-062-231100- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 400 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS COACHELLA VALLEY SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. MODERATE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FOR SATURDAY...MODERATE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. FOR SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. CAZ048-050-231100- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- 400 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. .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. CAZ042-043-057-231100- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- 400 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FOR SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .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. HORTON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 22, 1:34 PM PST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
234 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0228 PM HEAVY RAIN BIG BEAR CITY 34.27N 116.85W
07/22/2005 0.00 INCH SAN BERNARDINO CA AMATEUR RADIO
HWY 18 NEAR EAGLE POINT. HEAVY RAINS CAUSING FLOODING OF
ROADWAY. PEASIZE HAIL
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BDOYLEThe radar
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:03 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Illinois, July 22 to 25, 2005
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 22, 2005
- Rip Current in New Jersey, July 22, 2005
- Heat in Nebraska, July 22 to 24, 2005
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 22, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 22, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 22, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, July 22, 2005
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 22, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, July 22, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 22, 2005
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Vermont, July 22, 2005
More
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Sources
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: 5461758.