1 high wind, 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 Oct 16, 12:15 PM PST, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 115 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A SLOW MOVING...STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OFF THE COAST... WILL BRING THE FIRST WIDESPREAD RAIN OF THE SEASON...ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN THE DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE AVERAGING AS MUCH AS 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH DRY AND MILD WEATHER RETURNING FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS A LARGE CLOUD SHIELD NOW WRAPPING INTO THE CIRCULATION AROUND AN UPPER LOW CENTER SINKING S ABOUT 100 MILES SW OF SAN DIEGO. THE AIRMASS STREAMING N THROUGH THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IS TAPPING INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF CA RESULTING IN INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. YUMA RADAR SHOWS AREAS OF CONVECTION MOVING RAPIDLY NW...S OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. MOST OF THE RAINFALL UP UNTIL NOW HAS BEEN LIGHT BUT WITH FLOW FROM THE GULF NOW ENTERING THE PICTURE...THE LOWER LAYERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOISTEN...AND STEADIER AND GRADUALLY HEAVIER RAINS WILL DEVELOP OVER FAVORED TERRAIN IN THE DESERTS AND THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. WHILE SHOWERS AND A FEW FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...LOW LEVEL DEWPOINTS REMAIN MARGINAL FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN DUE TO UPSLOPE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT BEGINNING EARLY MON MORNING WHEN THE AIRMASS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY MOIST FOR HEAVIER AND STEADIER OROGRAPHICALLY INDUCED RAINS. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS BUT HAVE REMAINED GENERALLY LIGHT. COMPUTER MODELS STALL THE UPPER LOW NEAR 30N 120W ON MONDAY...THEN PULL IT NE OVER THE AREA ON TUE. THE HEAVIEST...STEADIEST RAINS SHOULD OCCUR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY IN PLACE. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...STRONG E WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH MON NIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT STRONGER WINDS COULD SURFACE LOCALLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THUNDERSTORMS ANYWHERE IN THE FORECAST AREA. THE COLDEST POOL OF AIR WITH THE STORM CENTER SHOULD BE OVER SAN DIEGO COUNTY ON TUE SO EXPECT DAYTIME TEMPS TO BE WELL BELOW AVERAGE BOTH MON AND TUE. THE STORM SYSTEM IS STILL FORECAST TO DEPART THE AREA TUE NIGHT WITH DRY AND SEASONAL WEATHER THROUGH FRI. && .AVIATION... UPPER LEVEL LOW SOUTHWEST OF SAN DIEGO THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROTATING AROUND IT. VARIABLE CLOUDS AND MULTIPLE CLOUD LAYERS FROM AROUND 1500 FT UP TO 20000 FT. LOW IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO DRIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING BACK TO THE NORTHEAST OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. CONDITIONS ARE NOT FORECAST TO CHANGE MUCH INTO TUESDAY WITH PERIODS OF RAIN OR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCAL IFR OR MVFR CONDITIONS. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...SEE LAXFFASGX. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE LAXSPSSGX. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH MONDAY...SEE LAXSRFSGX && PUBLIC...JAD AVIATION...ECC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 700 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2005 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-171100- 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- 700 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA IS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TUESDAY. A SLOW MOVING...UPPER LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BRING COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. EAST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ON THE RIDGES AT TIMES. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE ELEVATED TODAY DUE TO INCREASING WESTERLY SWELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA CONTINUES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST FACING SLOPES. FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. CONTINUED COOL WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. STRONG EAST WINDS IN THE DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS AT TIMES. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL. A LARGE WESTERLY SWELL WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY. .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. JAD/MM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Keenwild RAWS station recorded a wind gust to 59 mph. A falling power pole caused a tree to fall onto a parked car in Idyllwild.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5476761.