Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 5, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind warning at Feb 16, 2011, 3:41 AM PST for San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Feb 16, 2011, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 9 hr. 7 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
- Feb 16, 2011, 3:41 AM PST (11:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2011, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2011, 9:07 PM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
County San Bernardino County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 12:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | Twentynine Palms (Knxp), CA | |
| Feb 16, 12:14 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Apple Valley, CA | OUT BUILDINGS BLOWN OVER. SPOTTER ESTIMATED GUST OF 50 MPH. SPOTTER SBD329. |
| Feb 16, 12:22 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Barstow-Daggett Ap, CA | |
| Feb 16, 12:30 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 10 E Big Bear City, CA | 72 MPH GUST OCCURRED IN THE BURNS CANYONS RAWS. |
| Feb 16, 2:14 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Opal Mountain Raws, CA | |
| Feb 16, 2:55 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 5 Ssw 4-Corners (Clr14), CA | MEASURED AT THE BICYCLE LAKE ASOS IN FORT IRWIN |
| Feb 16, 6:57 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 78 | 10 E Big Bear City, CA | 78 MPH GUST OCCURRED IN THE BURNS CANYONS RAWS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 4025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
522 WWUS76 KSGX 161141 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 341 AM PST WED FEB 16 2011 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH CALIFORNIA WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WITH STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS...ON DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. CAZ060-162200- /O.UPG.KSGX.WI.Y.0011.110216T1700Z-110217T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0005.110216T2000Z-110217T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0012.110217T0600Z-110217T1100Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 341 AM PST WED FEB 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. && $$ CAZ055-162200- /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0005.110216T2000Z-110217T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0012.110217T0600Z-110217T1100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 341 AM PST WED FEB 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PST THURSDAY. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATION: STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS AND ON DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. && $$ CAZ056-061-062-162200- /O.EXB.KSGX.WI.Y.0011.110216T2000Z-110217T1100Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 341 AM PST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM PST THURSDAY. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT. * LOCATION: STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS...ON DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. 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. THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. && $$ CAZ058-162200- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0011.110216T2000Z-110217T1100Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 341 AM PST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM PST THURSDAY. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. && $$ CURRENT WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/GMAP/INDEX.PHP MAX DAILY WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/KML/WIND.PHP?WFO=SGX MARTIN
2 follow-up statements
456 WWUS76 KSGX 162138 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 138 PM PST WED FEB 16 2011 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH CALIFORNIA WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WITH STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS...ON DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. CAZ055-060-170600- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110217T0600Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0012.110217T0600Z-110217T1100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 138 PM PST WED FEB 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PST THURSDAY. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && $$ CAZ056-058-061-062-170600- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110217T1100Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 138 PM PST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT. * LOCATION: STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS...ON DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SS
405 WWUS76 KSGX 170507 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 907 PM PST WED FEB 16 2011 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH TONIGHT... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION AND STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT. CAZ055-060-171100- /O.CAN.KSGX.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110217T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0012.110217T0507Z-110217T1100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 907 PM PST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST 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 3 AM PST THURSDAY. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATION: STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS...ON DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. 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. && $$ CAZ056-058-061-062-171100- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110217T1100Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 907 PM PST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT. * LOCATION: STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS...ON DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 4:29 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 34 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:41 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SGX | San Bernardino | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:09 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SGX | 18 hr | |
| Feb 16, 8:41 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 18 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.