A strong dust devil resulted in damage and injuries at a church gathering in Montclair.
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A strong dust devil resulted in damage and injuries at a church gathering in Montclair.
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 Apr 26, 1:00 PM PST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 200 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2008 .SYNOPSIS...THE HEAT WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS. EXPECT HIGHS IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100 IN THE INLAND COASTAL AREAS...THE VALLEYS AND LOWER DESERTS. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS AND GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THE PASSES AND CANYONS MAINLY DURING THE MORNINGS. COOLER WEATHER ARRIVES NEXT WEEK WITH A PACIFIC TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. && .DISCUSSION...FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA INCLUDING SAN DIEGO... ORANGE...SOUTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO AND WEST RIVERSIDE COUNTIES. TEMPS ARE RISING AND APPROACHING RECORDS. OFFSHORE WINDS GUSTED INTO THE 30-40 MPH RANGE AT A FEW REGULAR SPOTS AND ARE DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SUN AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE. MAX TEMPS WILL REACH THE 70S IN THE HIGHER MTNS...80S AT THE BEACHES...90S TO AROUND 100 FOR THE INLAND COASTAL AREAS...VALLEYS AND LOWER DESERTS. A FEW MAX TEMP RECORDS SHOULD BE REACHED. OFFSHORE FLOW TURNS STRONGER AND MORE EASTERLY EARLY SUN SO BEAUMONT...DESCANSO AND CAMPO SHOULD GET STRONGER WINDS...BUT THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. ON MON THE TRANSITION TO WEAK ONSHORE FLOW BEGINS WITH A COOLING TREND STARTING AT THE COAST WHILE THE MTNS AND DESERTS CONTINUE ABOUT AS WARM. THE UPPER RIDGE PUSHES EAST AND AN UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE PAC NW ON TUE. ONSHORE WINDS WILL BECOME FAIRLY STRONG THAT AFTERNOON IN OUR MTNS AND DESERTS AND CONTINUE WED AS THE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE INTERIOR WEST. THE MARINE LAYER WILL RESPOND AS WELL WITH SOME COASTAL LOW CLOUDS TUE MORNING...THEN MORE CLOUDS WITH A DEEPER MARINE LAYER WED MORNING POSSIBLY FILLING THE COASTAL BASIN. MAX TEMPS WILL DIVE BELOW NORMAL. AFTER THE TROUGH PASSES A WEAK RIDGE PATTERN BEGINS THU WITH A MORE TYPICAL COASTAL CLOUD PATTERN AND TEMPS AROUND NORMAL HEADING INTO NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... 261915Z...A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY WITH UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. LOCAL GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS WITH ASSOCIATED UP AND DOWN DRAFTS AND LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SHOULD FOR SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE KSAN 28 C...KSNA 33 C... KONT 36 C...AND KPSP 39 C. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...MM AVIATION...HORTON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 340 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2008 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-271200- 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- 340 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL BRING ANOTHER WARM DAY SUNDAY WITH MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. SUNDAY WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER THEN TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100 WARMEST COASTAL AREAS AND IN THE VALLEYS. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DRY...HOT CONDITIONS AND GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THE PASSES AND CANYONS AT TIMES. A COOLING TREND WILL START ON MONDAY AS AN ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HOT AND DRY SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE IN MOST AREAS. RECORD HIGHS ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. ECC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 412 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2008 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-271200- 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- 412 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT ALONG WITH OFFSHORE FLOW AND A SHALLOW MARINE LAYER WILL CONTINUE VERY WARM WEATHER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE VALLEYS AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL ZONES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S AGAIN ON SUNDAY. SUNDAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH DESERTS WILL REACH THE 90S ON SUNDAY. IN THE LOWER DESERTS TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 100 DEGREES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LAST FALL. THE COOLEST WEATHER WILL BE AT THE COAST...WITH HIGHS AT THE BEACHES AND LOCALLY INLAND MOSTLY IN THE 70S AND 80S. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS EARLY SEASON HEAT WAVE WITH HEAT STROKE OR HEAT EXHAUSTION POSSIBLE. PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS WEEKEND SHOULD TAKE ALONG PLENTY OF WATER AND STAY HYDRATED. THE HIGH WEAKENS EARLY NEXT WEEK AND STRENGTHENING ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING COOLER WEATHER SPREADING FROM THE COAST INLAND MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ECC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong dust devil caused 14 injuries at a church gathering at Montera Elementary School when several large tents were lofted into the air. Two people were taken to the hospital. Skies were clear at the time with temperatures in the 90s.
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