Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 13, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind warning at Oct 5, 2011, 12:45 PM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Oct 5, 2011, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2011, 12:45 PM PDT (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 5, 2011, 1:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2011, 7:01 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 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 19:48 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 1:48 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Sse Landers (Ar190), CA | A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH WITH BLOWING DUST AND SAND REDUCING VISIBILITY TO AROUND A HALF-MILE. |
| Oct 5, 1:55 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lucerne Valley, CA | *** 3 INJ *** STRONG WINDS FORCED BIG RIG WITH EMPTY TRAILER INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 18. THREE VEHICLES INVOLVED. |
| Oct 5, 2:05 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lucerne Valley, CA | STRONG WINDS DOWNED SEVERAL POWER LINES IN LUCERNE VALLEY |
| Oct 5, 4:00 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 4 Se Julian, CA | HARRISON PARK GAUGE. TIME OF WIND GUST IS ESTIMATED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
554 WWUS76 KSGX 051945 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1245 PM PDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FOR MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN EARLY SEASON STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AND ON THURSDAY. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-060500- /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0013.111005T2000Z-111006T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0035.111006T0600Z-111006T1100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 1245 PM PDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 70 POSSIBLE IN THE FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. * VISIBILITY: LOCALLY REDUCED IN THE DESERTS WITH BLOWING DUST. LOCALLY REDUCED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH FOG AND PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 15 THROUGH THE HIGH DESERT...INTERSTATE 10 THROUGH THE BANNING PASS...AND INTERSTATE 8 THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST...FOG...AND RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS 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. && $$ PALMER
1 follow-up statement
296 WWUS76 KSGX 060201 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 701 PM PDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FOR MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN EARLY SEASON STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH THURSDAY. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-061100- /O.CAN.KSGX.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111006T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0035.111006T0201Z-111006T1100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 701 PM PDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: LOCALLY REDUCED IN THE DESERTS WITH BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST...FOG...AND RAIN SHOWERS MAY ALSO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 1:10 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 14 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in California, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.