Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 6, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind warning at Mar 6, 2011, 9:10 PM PST for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Mar 7, 2011, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 21 hr. 14 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
- Mar 6, 2011, 9:10 PM PST (05:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2011, 1:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2011, 9:33 PM PST
- In force
- 21 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 05:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | 10 E Big Bear City, CA | BURNS CANYON RAWS REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 73 MPH AROUND 2 AM, 9 AM AND 10 AM. |
| Mar 7, 4:55 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | Fort Irwin, CA | BICYCLE LAKE ASOS REPORTS 79 MPH WIND GUST FROM GRADIENT WINDS AT 455 AM. |
| Mar 7, 7:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 2 Ssw Borrego Springs, CA | MESONET STATION BSG1. |
| Mar 7, 7:30 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Borrego Springs, CA | 1 SDGE POLE SNAPPED. 17 CUSTOMERS WERE AFFECTED BY A POWER OUTAGE. |
| Mar 7, 8:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 10 Sw La Quinta, CA | PINYON RAWS SITE. |
| Mar 7, 8:18 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Se Twentynine Palms (Kn, CA | TWENTYNINE PALMS ASOS REPORTS WIND GUST TO 62 MPH AT 818 AM. |
| Mar 7, 8:46 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 E Daggett, CA | BARSTOW DAGGET AIRPORT REPORTED A 59 MPH WIND GUST AT 846 AM. |
| Mar 7, 9:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 W Desert Hot Springs, CA | MESONET SITE DHS1. |
| Mar 7, 10:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 10 Nw Palm Springs, CA | WHITE WATER RAWS OBSERVATION. GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WERE RECORDED BETWEEN 900 AM AND NOON. |
| Mar 7, 10:45 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 5 E Daggett, CA | |
| Mar 7, 11:30 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Palm Springs, CA | LARGE TRUCK OVERTURNED AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 10 AND HIGHWAY 111 DUE TO STRONG WINDS. |
| Mar 7, 1:29 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 5 E Daggett, CA | WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 54 MPH AND VISIBILITY WAS TWO AND A HALF MILES. |
| Mar 7, 1:30 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Palm Springs, CA | POWER POLE DOWN AT THE PALM SPRINGS AMTRAK STATION. THIS CLOSED THE STATION. |
| Mar 7, 2:30 PM PST | DUST STORM | Palm Springs, CA | DRIFTING SAND CLOSED 3 ROADS IN THE PALM SPRINGS AREA INCLUDING HIGHWAY 111 AT WINDY POINT. |
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 00:00Z, 5.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
770 WWUS76 KSGX 070510 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 910 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL GENERATE VERY STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND PEAK ON MONDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE FORECAST IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS AND ON DESERT SLOPES...EXTENDING LOCALLY ONTO THE DESERT FLOOR. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE MONDAY EVENING. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-071400- /O.UPG.KSGX.HW.A.0003.110307T0900Z-110308T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0006.110307T0900Z-110308T0600Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-110307T0900Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 910 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST MONDAY. * TIMING: TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH...INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH MONDAY...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED TO 3 MILES OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR ALL MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 15 IN THE HIGH DESERT...ALONG INTERSTATE 10 THROUGH THE BANNING PASS AND COACHELLA VALLEY...ALONG INTERSTATE 8 THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO MOUNTAINS...AND STATE ROUTE 74 THROUGH THE SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS. 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. && $$ MOEDE
3 follow-up statements
460 WWUS76 KSGX 071133 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 333 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .VERY STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TODAY. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE ALREADY OCCURRING MONDAY MORNING AT WINDIEST LOCATIONS. WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH WILL BE COMMON TODAY IN TH MOUNTAINS ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS...THROUGH PASSES AND ON DESERT SLOPES. AT TIMES STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL REACH THE DESERT FLOOR. THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS COULD REACH 75 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-072015- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 333 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE SAN DIEGO...RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS...AND FOR THE DESERTS INCLUDING THE COACHELLA... APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS. * TIMING: TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED TO 3 MILES OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR ALL MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 15 IN THE HIGH DESERT...ALONG INTERSTATE 10 THROUGH THE BANNING PASS AND COACHELLA VALLEY...ALONG INTERSTATE 8 THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO MOUNTAINS...AND STATE ROUTE 74 THROUGH THE SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS. 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. && $$ AT
699 WWUS76 KSGX 071840 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1040 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .VERY STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS ASSOCIATED WITH A DEPARTING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TODAY. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRING THIS MORNING AT WINDIEST LOCATIONS. WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH WILL BE COMMON TODAY IN TH MOUNTAINS ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS...THROUGH PASSES AND ON DESERT SLOPES. AT TIMES STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL REACH THE DESERT FLOOR. THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS COULD REACH 75 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-080600- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 1040 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED TO 3 MILES OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR ALL MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 15 IN THE HIGH DESERT...ALONG INTERSTATE 10 THROUGH THE BANNING PASS AND COACHELLA VALLEY...ALONG INTERSTATE 8 THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO MOUNTAINS...AND STATE ROUTE 74 THROUGH THE SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS...DOWNED TREES 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. && $$ ATKIN
950 WWUS76 KSGX 080533 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 933 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING CANCELLED... CAZ055-056-058-060>062-080645- /O.CAN.KSGX.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 933 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WARNING THRESHOLDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. $$ MOEDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1:59 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.