Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2009

Wind Advisory 21, NWS San Diego, CA

September 29, 2009Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Sep 29, 2009, 3:17 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Sep 29, 2009, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 2009, 3:17 AM PDT (10:17 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 29, 2009, 1:00 PM PDT
Expired
Sep 30, 2009, 3:04 AM PDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

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

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 00:00Z on 2009-09-29Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2009-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 291017
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
317 AM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH CALIFORNIA TODAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-292015-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.090929T2000Z-090930T1600Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
317 AM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY. 

WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SAND ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DESERTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

MM
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS76 KSGX 291854
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1154 AM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH CALIFORNIA TODAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-300400-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.090929T2000Z-090930T1600Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
1154 AM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. 

WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AT TIMES ARE
EXPECTED. BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SAND ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
DESERTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

MM/PG
000 
WWUS76 KSGX 300323
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
823 PM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH CALIFORNIA TONIGHT WILL
BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. 

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-301300-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090930T1600Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
823 PM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. 

WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AT TIMES
ARE LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. BLOWING DUST AND
BLOWING SAND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT
TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

MOEDE
000 
WWUS76 KSGX 301004
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
304 AM PDT WED SEP 30 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

.THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH THAT HAS PRODUCED STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE
OUT OF THE REGION TODAY. AS A RESULT...WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS
MORNING.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-301115-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090930T1600Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
304 AM PDT WED SEP 30 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

MM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 1:42 PM PDTFire Weather WatchSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego24 hr

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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.