1 flash flood, 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 Mar 4, 9:30 PM PST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 930 PM PST FRI MAR 4 2005 .SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN BAJA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST SUNDAY WITH DECREASING CHANCES IN THE SOUTH PART. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL INCREASE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AN OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LOCAL BREEZES MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. SHOWERS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN MOST OF THE NORTH PART. THE MAIN ACTIVITY IS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WHERE THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS JUST OFFSHORE. VORT MAX ROTATING AROUND THE LOW SEEN IN THE WATER VAPOR IMAGE LOOKS A BIT FASTER THAN THE FORECAST CHARTS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER NORTHERN BAJA BY SAT MORNING BUT IT COULD BE THERE A BIT EARLY. THE LOW IS MOVING ALONG THE EXPECTED PATH. IT WILL BE OVER NORTHERN BAJA EARLY SAT MORNING. TWO AREAS OF SHOWERS WERE MOVING AROUND THE LOW CURRENTLY. ONE AREA NEAR THE LOW WAS MOVING THROUGH SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THE OTHER BAND WAS NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA WITH SOME SHOWERS SPILLING INTO THE FAR NORTH PART LIKE THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OCCASIONALLY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA EARLY TONIGHT. WITH THE LOW NEAR THE AREA SAT IT SHOULD BE RATHER UNSTABLE WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE COAST...ROTATING AROUND THE LOW. ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE TYPE WEATHER AS A TORNADO OR LAND SPOUT WILL BE IN THE BIG PICTURE SAT. LIFTED INDEX THIS AFTERNOON WAS -3.3 AT NKX AND EXPECT IT TO BE MORE UNSTABLE SAT. SHOULD BE RATHER ACTIVE WITH THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION. ACTION WILL DIE DOWN WITH SUNSET WITH SOME SHOWERS HANGING AROUND THROUGH SAT NIGHT AND MAYBE IN THE SOUTHEAST PART THROUGH SUN MORNING. RIDGE SHOVES INTO NORCAL SUN AND SHIFTS SOUTH THROUGH MID WEEK WITH EVER INCREASING HEIGHTS OVER SOCAL. OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS MONDAY BUT WINDS ARE NOT FORECAST TO AMOUNT TO MUCH. SOME OCCASIONAL LOCAL BREEZES LOOKS TO BE ABOUT IT...BUT THE OFFSHORE LASTS THROUGH FRI. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS OR TORNADOES...SEE LAXSPSSGX. FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SMALL STREAM FLOODING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN DIEGUITO RIVER BELOW HODGES DAM FOR...SEE LAXFLSSGX. HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM SUN...SEE LAXCFWSGX. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...SEE LAXSRFSGX. && WHITLOW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 600 AM PST FRI MAR 4 2005 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-051400- 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 FRI MAR 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT. LARGE WEST SWELL WILL CAUSE LARGE SURF AND A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS. SEE LAXCFWSGX FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LARGE WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE LARGE SURF AND A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY. UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL CAUSE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND MAY HAVE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. SKYWARN ACTIVATION STATEMENT...SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. ATKIN
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:46 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several homes were flooded in La Jolla when storm drains failed to handle the runoff from heavy rain.
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