Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 8, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind warning at Feb 13, 2008, 5:02 PM PST for 4 counties in California. 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
- Feb 13, 2008, 5:02 PM PST (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2008, 3:27 AM PST
- In force
- 10 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 01:03 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, 1.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1262 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 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 140102 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 502 PM PST WED FEB 13 2008 CAZ055-141130- /O.UPG.KSGX.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-080214T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KSGX.HW.A.0007.080214T1200Z-080215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0008.080214T0102Z-080215T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 502 PM PST WED FEB 13 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. $$ CAZ048-057-141130- /O.UPG.KSGX.HW.A.0007.080214T1200Z-080215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0008.080214T1200Z-080215T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- 502 PM PST WED FEB 13 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WITH SOME GUSTS REACHING 60 MPH...MOST LIKELY IN THE NORTHERN INLAND EMPIRE AND THE NORTHERN SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ CAZ061-141130- /O.EXB.KSGX.WI.Y.0049.080214T0102Z-080214T1800Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY- 502 PM PST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AT LEAST 45 MPH MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE VALLEY. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ CAZ056-058-141130- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 502 PM PST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO AT LEAST 45 MPH THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ CAZ060-062-141130- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-080214T1800Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 502 PM PST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AT LEAST 45 MPH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND WILL DECREASE THURSDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MM
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KSGX 141127 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 327 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 .AN UPPER LOW WILL BE MOVING OVER THE AREA TODAY...BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN TO SOME AREAS...AND REDUCING THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS. LOCAL GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT...AND A WIND ADVISORY FOR SOME AREAS MAY BE NEEDED THEN...AS THE UPPER LOW PASSES THROUGH. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS COMPLEX AND CHANGING WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE DAY. CAZ048-057-141230- /O.CAN.KSGX.HW.W.0008.080214T1200Z-080215T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- 327 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ CAZ055-141230- /O.CAN.KSGX.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 327 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ CAZ060>062-141230- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-080214T1800Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 327 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ CAZ056-058-141230- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 327 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ MACKECHNIE
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 1:02 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 23 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:02 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 23 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:30 PM PST | Snow Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 5 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:59 PM PST | Special Marine Warning | SGX | 46 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in California, 2008Every high wind warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.