A formation of a dust devil caused damaged to a building in Redding, CA while California was under westerly flow aloft and winds were converging near the surface in the Northern Sacramento Valley. No injuries were reported.
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A formation of a dust devil caused damaged to a building in Redding, CA while California was under westerly flow aloft and winds were converging near the surface in the Northern Sacramento Valley. No injuries were reported.
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 Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 19, 8:35 AM PST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 935 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2013 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW CENTERED ALONG THE OREGON COAST THIS MORNING WITH ASSOCIATED NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH SWINGING INTO THE GREAT BASIN. MAIN DYNAMICS HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE CWA. ASSOCIATED SYNOPTIC COOLING WITH THE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE BELOW NORMAL TEMPS TODAY. DELTA BREEZE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED FROM YESTERDAY AND EXPECTED LIGHTER TODAY WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS IN THE DELTA AND ADJACENT VALLEY LOCATIONS. ELSEWHERE HIGH TEMPS TODAY PROGGED TO BE NEAR THE VALUES MONDAY. LONG WAVE TROUGHING AND ASSOCIATED CYCLONIC FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NORCAL WITH AMS GRADUALLY WARMING THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH A RETURN TO NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS. SHORT WAVE RIDGING MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY BRINGING ADDITIONAL WARMING WITH HIGHS INTO THE 90S THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL VALLEY WITH MAINLY 70S TO 80S FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. COOLING BACK INTO THE UPPER 80S FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY SUNDAY AS NEXT SHORT WAVE BRINGS INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW AND SOME SYNOPTIC COOLING TO INTERIOR NORCAL. SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING A THREAT OF SOME SHOWERS TO SHASTA COUNTY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN TEHAMA AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTIES SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. MODELS SHOWING POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANTLY WETTER PATTERN SETTING UP EARLY NEXT WEEK AS 3+ ANOMALOUS DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE PACIFIC. RMOP VALUES ARE HIGH FOR UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW IN THE EPAC EARLY NEXT WEEK. ATMOSPHERIC RIVER FORECAST TO SETUP MONDAY OVER INTERIOR NORCAL WITH GFS PWAT IN EXCESS OF 1.50 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. HOWEVER GFS AND ECMWF-HI RES CONTINUE TO DIFFER ON DEPTH AND SPEED OF MOVEMENT OF LOW BUT BOTH SHOWING SOME LIGHT QPF FROM ABOUT I-80 NORTHWARD MONDAY. ECMWF-HIRES CONTINUES LIGHT PRECIP TUESDAY WHILE GFS BEGINS TO BUILD DESERT SW RIDGING OVER THE AREA. NAEFS PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIP FOR THE PERIOD SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY SHOWING VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT IN THE SOUTHERN SAC VALLEY TO OVER 50 PERCENT IN SHASTA COUNTY. PCH && .AVIATION... W-NW FLOW ALF WITH BROAD UPR TROF. VFR CONDS OVR INTR NORCAL NXT 24 HRS. && .STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 330 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2013 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-201400- SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-MOTHERLODE- EAST FOOTHILLS/NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 330 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NOTE TO USERS... AFTER JUNE 26 2013 THIS WILL BECOME AN EVENT-DRIVEN PRODUCT. IF NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN A SEVEN DAY PERIOD.... THIS PRODUCT WILL NOT BE ISSUED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
An EF0 dust devil damaged the metal roof of a commercial building. The non-thunderstorm wind damage lasted a duration of approximately 5 minutes, at around 11:15-11:20 AM PDT on June, 19th. The damage included metal and wood roofing that was peeled backward, with some of the roofing landing on the adjacent ground.
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