Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2005
High Wind Warning 8, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind warning at Dec 31, 2005, 2:52 AM PST for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Dec 31, 2005, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 10 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
- Dec 31, 2005, 2:52 AM PST (10:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2005, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2005, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 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 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KSGX 311052 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 252 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN DESERTS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES AND DOWNWIND FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 60 MPH IN THOSE AREAS. WINDS WILL BE A BIT WEAKER OVER SAN DIEGO COUNTY...BUT GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING AS THE CORE OF THE WEATHER SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. CAZ055-056-060-311815- /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0008.051231T2000Z-060101T0600Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 252 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 60 MPH OVER RIDGES AND IMMEDIATELY DOWNWIND OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WINDIEST LOCATIONS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THESE AREAS. TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. $$ CAZ058-311815- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0015.051231T2000Z-060101T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 252 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF GREATER THAN 40 MPH WILL OCCUR AT TIMES...MAINLY NEAR RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED LOCATIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MAXWELL
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KSGX 311801 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1001 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN DESERTS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DOWNWIND FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES IN THOSE AREAS. WINDS WILL BE A BIT WEAKER OVER SAN DIEGO COUNTY...BUT GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING AS THE CORE OF THE WEATHER SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. CAZ055-056-060-010215- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0008.051231T2000Z-060101T0600Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 1001 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 60 MPH NEAR RIDGE TOPS AND IMMEDIATELY DOWNWIND OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WINDIEST LOCATIONS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THESE AREAS. TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. $$ CAZ058-010215- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0015.051231T2000Z-060101T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 1001 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF GREATER THAN 40 MPH WILL OCCUR AT TIMES...MAINLY NEAR RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER EXPOSED LOCATIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ PG
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2:52 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 19 hr |
Nearby
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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.