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Wind Advisory 18, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2011, 2:38 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Apr 7, 2011, 10:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2011, 2:38 AM PDT (09:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2011, 10:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2011, 3:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
Counties Riverside County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006 WWUS76 KSGX 070938 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 238 AM PDT THU APR 7 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS INTO TONIGHT... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL BRING STRONG WEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. CAZ056-058-061-062-072100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0018.110408T0500Z-110408T1000Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0008.110407T1300Z-110408T0500Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 238 AM PDT THU APR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT FRIDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. WINDS DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY: NEAR ZERO IN THE DESERTS AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. 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. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. && $$ CAZ055-060-072100- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0008.110407T1300Z-110408T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 238 AM PDT THU APR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. WINDS DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY: NEAR ZERO IN THE DESERTS AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. && $$ 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
520 WWUS76 KSGX 072017 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 117 PM PDT THU APR 7 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS INTO TONIGHT... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL BRING STRONG WEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. CAZ056-058-061-062-080500- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110408T0500Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0018.110408T0500Z-110408T1000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 117 PM PDT THU APR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT FRIDAY. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. WINDS DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY: NEAR ZERO IN THE DESERTS AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. 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. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. && $$ CAZ055-060-080500- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110408T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 117 PM PDT THU APR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. WINDS DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY: NEAR ZERO IN THE DESERTS AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. && $$ WHITLOW
065 WWUS76 KSGX 080452 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 952 PM PDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS TONIGHT... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND LOWER DESERTS TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TOWARD MORNING. CAZ056-058-061-062-081000- /O.EXP.KSGX.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110408T0500Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0018.110408T0500Z-110408T1000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 952 PM PDT THU APR 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT FRIDAY. * TIMING: TONIGHT. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND THE BORREGO DESERT. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN THE DESERTS AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. && $$ CAZ055-060-080600- /O.EXP.KSGX.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110408T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 952 PM PDT THU APR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. $$ MOEDE
056 WWUS76 KSGX 081010 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 310 AM PDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS MORNING... .THE STRONG ONSHORE FLOW THAT BROUGHT STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL WEAKEN TODAY AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA MOVES INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. CAZ056-058-061-062-081115- /O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110408T1000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 310 AM PDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS MORNING * WINDS: WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH STRONGEST GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THIS MORNING. $$ SOME OF THE STRONGER GUSTS... PINYON.........56 MPH. WHITE WATER....58 MPH. THERMAL........55 MPH. RANCHITA.......46 MPH. JULIAN.........55 MPH. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 9:13 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SGX | 11 hr | |
| Apr 7, 9:13 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SGX | 17 hr | |
| Apr 7, 1:06 PM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 7 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.