Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 19, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Apr 13, 2011, 3:06 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Apr 13, 2011, 10:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2011, 3:06 AM PDT (10:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2011, 10:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2011, 8:20 PM PDT
- In force
- 10 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 10:11 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, 10.1 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
263 WWUS76 KSGX 131006 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 306 AM PDT WED APR 13 2011 ...GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH CALIFORNIA TODAY WILL INCREASE THE ONSHORE FLOW BRINGING GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-132100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0019.110413T1700Z-110414T0700Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 306 AM PDT WED APR 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ALONG DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY: IN THE DESERTS...REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING 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 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. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. && $$ CURRENT WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/GMAP/INDEX.PHP MAX DAILY WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/KML/WIND.PHP?WFO=SGX MARTIN
3 follow-up statements
922 WWUS76 KSGX 131724 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1024 AM PDT WED APR 13 2011 ...GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH CALIFORNIA TODAY WILL INCREASE THE ONSHORE FLOW BRINGING GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-140100- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-110414T0700Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 1024 AM PDT WED APR 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ALONG DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN THE DESERTS AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SAND. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. && $$ TS
100 WWUS76 KSGX 140029 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 529 PM PDT WED APR 13 2011 ...GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING TONIGHT...ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-140700- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-110414T0700Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 529 PM PDT WED APR 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST ARE OCCURRING NOW...AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES MAY LOCALLY LOWER DOWN TO A MILE IN THE DESERTS DUE TO 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 DOWN TO A MILE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY. && $$ PALMER/JAD
133 WWUS76 KSGX 140320 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 820 PM PDT WED APR 13 2011 ...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS GRADUALLY DECREASING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... CAZ055-056-058-060>062-140430- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-110414T0700Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 820 PM PDT WED APR 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WESTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH LOCALLY...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 10 PM THIS EVENING. THIS IS JUST BELOW ADVISORY STRENGTH...SO THE WIND ADVSIORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 1:49 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 12 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:01 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SGX | 25 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.