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High Surf Advisory 10, NWS San Diego, CA

May 21, 2008San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this high surf advisory at May 21, 2008, 1:13 PM PDT for San Diego County, California. It took effect at May 21, 2008, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2008, 1:13 PM PDT (20:13 UTC)
In effect from
May 21, 2008, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired
May 23, 2008, 1:00 AM PDT
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

County San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, 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 this high surf advisory went out at May 21, 10:00 AM PDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 10:00 AM PDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 4:00 PM PDT, 21 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
400 PM PDT WED MAY 20 2008

CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-221200-
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-
400 PM PDT WED MAY 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST IN THE DESERTS THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7500 FT IN THE SAN GORGONIO
WILDERNESS AND ON MOUNT SAN JACINTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA...
HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SCV

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 3:31 AM PDTRed Flag WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego14 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in California, 2008Every high surf advisory in 2008

Sources

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