Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 2, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Jan 26, 2009, 1:21 AM PST for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2009, 1:21 AM PST (09:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2009, 1:00 PM PST
- In force
- 12 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 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 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 260921 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 121 AM PST MON JAN 26 2009 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH MID MORNING... .STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH MID MORNING. CAZ058-062-261800- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0002.090126T0921Z-090126T1800Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 121 AM PST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. AREAS OF WEST WINDS 2O TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD NEAR THE RIDGETOPS AND ON THE DESERT SLOPES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE LATER THIS MORNING. 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. $$ MARTIN
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KSGX 261720 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 920 AM PST MON JAN 26 2009 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS LIKELY OVER SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... .MOUNTAIN WAVES LIKELY TO CONTINUE TOUCHING DOWN OVER ANZA BORREGO DESERT AND POINTS EASTWARD THROUGH MIDDAY. BY MID AFTERNOON... SURFACE HEATING AND DIMINISHING WINDS AT RIDGETOP LEVEL WILL NO LONER BE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS. CAZ058-062-262100- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090126T2100Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 920 AM PST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. THE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST NEAR THE RIDGE TOPS AND DOWN WEST TO EAST ALIGNED CANYONS THIS MORNING. HOWEVER SUDDEN STRONG WINDS GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE DESERT FLOOR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO END BY MID AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MARTIN/BALFOUR
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 8:42 AM PST | Marine Weather Statement | SGX | 7 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.