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Wind Advisory 12, NWS San Diego, CA

February 16, 2011San Bernardino County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2011, 3:41 AM PST for San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Feb 16, 2011, 9:07 PM PST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2011, 3:41 AM PST (11:41 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2011, 9:07 PM PST
Expired
Feb 17, 2011, 2:26 AM PST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

County San Bernardino County, CA

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2011-02-16Temperature 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, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2011-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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
3 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
847 
WWUS76 KSGX 171026
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
226 AM PST THU FEB 17 2011


CAZ056-058-061-062-171130-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110217T1100Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
226 AM PST THU FEB 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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



$$

CAZ055-060-171130-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110217T1100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
226 AM PST THU FEB 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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



$$

ATKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 4:29 PM PSTWind AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego34 hr
Feb 16, 3:41 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXSan Bernardino17 hr
Feb 16, 8:09 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasSGX18 hr
Feb 16, 8:41 AM PSTHigh Surf AdvisorySGXSan Diego18 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.