From: Rob.Balfour@noaa.gov
Subject: Any reports of heavy rain, flooding, hail, strong winds?
We're trying to find ground truth/verification for flash flood and sever thunderstorm warnings that the
National Weather Service office in San Diego recently issued.
On the afternoon of Monday, August 16, 2010, a thunderstorm moved across Chihuahua Valley.
The only weather reports I've been able to find so far are either along or west of Highway 79
and were not near the strongest part of the thunderstorm.
I'm hoping that you may have heard of additional reports, or could direct this inquiry to others
in the Chihuahua Valley area.
In particular, I'm interested in reports of:
1. hail (estimated/measured diameter and coverage/depth as well as start/stop times)
2. heavy rain (estimated/measured amount and start/stop times)
3. flooding (location, impact, and time observed)
4. wind damage (estimated/measured speed and description of damage)
5. lightning damage (started fire, split tree, etc.)
Any assistance you or they can provide is most welcome.
Responses can be sent by e-mail, phone, or in writing.
My e-mail address is: rob.balfour@noaa.gov
The office's 24 hour toll free number is: 800-240-3022
The mailing address is:
Rob Balfour, Senior Forecaster/Incident Meteorologist
National Weather Service Forecast Office
11440 W. Bernardo Court, Suite 230
San Diego, CA 92127-1643
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Rob Balfour, one of our forecasters, copied me on the emails to you trying to find out impacts from last week's thunderstorms.
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Thanks for your help.
Miguel Miller
Forecaster, Spotter Manager, Mesonet Manager
NWS San Diego
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