1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 23, 12:35 PM PST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 135 PM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006 .SYNOPSIS...WARM...HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MONDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING THE REGION. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY ON TUESDAY AS A WEAK TROUGH MOVES DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST. HOWEVER...THE MONSOON FLOW AND ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK...AND BRING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS EACH DAY. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. MORE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPS WERE SET THIS MORNING WITH 71 AT NEWPORT BEACH...73 AT LINDBERGH FIELD AND 92 AT PALM SPRINGS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE LOWER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY...BUT THE DEWPOINTS WERE HIGHER WHICH ELEVATED THE HEAT INDEXES ABOVE 100 IN SOME COASTAL AND INLAND AREAS. WITH SUCH HIGH DEWPOINTS...THE OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL NOT BE VERY LOW...AND MORE RECORDS WILL FALL. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MORONGO VALLEY NEAR THE SAWTOOTH-MILLARD BURN AREA BROUGHT AN HOUR OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND A VERY MINOR MUDFLOW TO THE LOWER SECTIONS OF THE LITTLE MORONGO RIVER. THE 12Z SOUNDING WAS VERY UNSTABLE WITH A CAPE OVER 4000 J/KG. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH THE EVENING WITH FLASH FLOODING...FREQUENT LTG AND STRONG DOWNDRAFT WINDS THE LARGEST THREATS. BURNS CANYON (AT 6000 FEET AT THE TOP OF THE SAWTOOTH FIRE) REPORTED STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE STORMS OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO MTNS. THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH TOMORROW WITH THE UPPER HIGH REMAINING ANCHORED OVER UTAH. EASTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO SOCAL WITH WEAK IMPULSES TRIGGERING THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES. MONDAY NIGHT THE HIGH SHIFTS EAST TOWARD ARIZONA AND THE WINDS ALOFT BECOME MORE SE...AND THAT WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH THE INLAND VALLEYS. HOWEVER...THE GFS FORECASTS THE HIGH TO REBUILD OVER UTAH FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. HEIGHTS AND 850 MB TEMPS WONT BE QUITE AS HIGH AS THEY HAVE BEEN THIS WEEKEND...BUT TEMPS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE MOST OF THE WEEK. BIGGEST EFFECT THOUGH SHOW UP ON THE CROSS SECTIONS WHICH SHOW PERSISTENT EASTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW FEEDING MONSOON MOISTURE INTO THE REGION FOR MORE SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS AND DESERTS EACH DAY THIS WEEK. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTN AND THEN GENERALLY DIMINISH AFTER 02Z. THE FAVORED REGION FOR DEVELOPMENT WAS OVER THE MOUNTAINS HOWEVER STEERING WINDS ALOFT FROM THE ESE COULD PUSH A FEW CELLS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS...INLAND VALLEYS AND EVEN TOWARDS THE COAST. IN THIS PATTERN THE HEMET-LAKE ELSINORE CORRIDOR IN RIVERSIDE CO MIGHT SEE AN INCREASED THREAT AS WELL. THUNDERSTORM BASES AROUND 7000 FT WITH TOPS UP TO FL400. STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG UP AND DOWNDRAFTS...LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DRIFT INTO SOCAL FROM AZ THROUGH MONDAY MORN. THE MARINE LAYER REMAINED SHALLOW...STRATUS CLOUDS HAD BEEN SCARCE THIS MORN BUT WERE SPREADING BACK INTO THE SOUTH COAST NR SAN DIEGO BAY THIS AFTN. A WEAK COASTAL EDDY SHOULD HELP SOME STRATUS TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ALONG THE SAN DIEGO COAST TONIGHT...BUT CONFINED NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL SECTIONS WITH CEILINGS APPROX 500-1000 FT AND TOPS NEAR 1200 FT. CEILINGS MAY IMPACT KSAN BY 09Z OR EARLIER. BEYOND THE NEAR-COAST AND AWAY FROM THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONDITIONS WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY VFR. UNUSUALLY HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDES WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTN...ESPECIALLY FURTHER INLAND...AS A RESULT OF THE HOT WEATHER. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM TODAY. SEE LAXNPWSGX. && PUBLIC...MOEDE AVIATION...LAVIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 PM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-241100- 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- 400 PM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE WARMER INLAND COASTAL AREAS...INLAND VALLEYS...LOWER DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS BELOW 5000 FEET. SEE LAXNPWSGX FOR DETAILS. MOISTURE IN EAST FLOW ALOFT WILL CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MOSTLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A MODERATE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE SAWTOOTH AND MILLARD BURN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MOUNTAINS AND DESERT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THERE IS A MODERATE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RATING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE SAWTOOTH AND MILLARD BURN AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA...HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MAXWELL
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:16 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm along the Elsinore Convergence Zone produced a landspout tornado near Menifee. The landspout blew over about a dozen pine trees and a few palm trees at the Menifee Lakes Country Club. A few homes were damage by falling trees.
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