Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2005

High Wind Warning 2, NWS San Diego, CA

November 15, 20054 counties in California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind warning at Nov 15, 2005, 8:31 AM PST for 4 counties in California. It was in force for 52 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2005, 8:31 AM PST (16:31 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 2005, 12:05 PM PST
In force
52 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Orange County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2005-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS76 KSGX 151631
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
831 AM PST TUE NOV 15 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND
RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS AND THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING MOUNTAIN
AREAS...THE ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
VALLEYS UNTIL 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN CAUSING
OFFSHORE WINDS TO INCREASE TODAY. LOCAL GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS WILL
DEVELOP TODAY...ESPECIALLY THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAINS CANYONS
AND PASSES.

CAZ048-057-160045-
/O.UPG.KSGX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-051115T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0002.051115T1631Z-051116T0500Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
831 AM PST TUE NOV 15 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH...MAINLY
THROUGH AND BELOW CANYONS AND PASSES.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. LOCAL VISIBILITY MAY BE
REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND
DOWNED POWER LINES.

$$

CAZ055-056-058-152200-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-051115T2200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
831 AM PST TUE NOV 15 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...MAINLY
THROUGH AND BELOW CANYONS AND PASSES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. LOCAL VISIBILITY MAY BE
REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND
DOWNED POWER LINES.

$$

CAZ042-050-152200-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-051115T2200Z/
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-
831 AM PST TUE NOV 15 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...MAINLY
BELOW MOUNTAIN CANYONS AND PASSES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. LOCAL VISIBILITY MAY BE
REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND
DOWNED POWER LINES.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS76 KSGX 160003
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
151 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND
RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS AND THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING MOUNTAIN
AREAS...THE ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...AND THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY VALLEYS UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN CAUSING
OFFSHORE WINDS TO INCREASE TODAY. LOCAL GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS
WILL DEVELOP TODAY...ESPECIALLY THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAINS
CANYONS AND PASSES.

CAZ048-057-160500-
/O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051116T0500Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
151 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 70
MPH...MAINLY THROUGH AND BELOW CANYONS AND PASSES.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. LOCAL VISIBILITY MAY BE
REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND
DOWNED POWER LINES.

$$

CAZ042-050-055-056-058-160500-
/O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-051116T0500Z/
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
151 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2005

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...MAINLY
BELOW MOUNTAIN CANYONS AND PASSES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. LOCAL VISIBILITY MAY BE
REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND
DOWNED POWER LINES.

$$

SMALL/PG
000 
WWUS76 KSGX 160342
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
742 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO
AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS AND THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS...

...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE REMAINING MOUNTAIN
AREAS...THE ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
VALLEYS...

.SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS HAVE DECREASED AND WINDS HAVE DROPPED
BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. LOCAL GUSTY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND INLAND VALLEYS TONIGHT.

CAZ048-057-160445-
/O.CAN.KSGX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051116T0500Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
742 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH...
MAINLY THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS
IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS.

$$

CAZ042-050-055-056-058-160445-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-051116T0500Z/
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
742 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...MAINLY IN
THE FOOTHILLS AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS.


$$

WHITLOW

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.