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Wind Advisory 20, NWS San Diego, CA

April 17, 2011Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Apr 17, 2011, 9:02 PM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Apr 18, 2011, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2011, 9:02 PM PDT (04:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2011, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
Apr 19, 2011, 3:00 AM PDT
In force
15 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 04:08 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, 4.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2011-04-18Temperature 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, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2011-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 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.

407 
WWUS76 KSGX 180402
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
902 PM PDT SUN APR 17 2011

...STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...

.A PACIFIC TROUGH MOVING INLAND ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA MONDAY
WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS
AND DESERTS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

CAZ055-060-181300-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.110418T1900Z-110419T1000Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
902 PM PDT SUN APR 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT
TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE MONDAY MORNING...THEN
  INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE REACHING THEIR PEAK EARLY
  MONDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER
  50 MPH. BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS IN THE HIGH DESERTS WILL MAKE DRIVING
  HAZARDOUS FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON I-15 AND
  ON HIGHWAYS 395 AND 247. AREAS IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS
  INCLUDE VICTORVILLE...HESPERIA...AND THE LUCERNE VALLEY.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ056-058-061-062-181300-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.110418T1900Z-110419T1000Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
902 PM PDT SUN APR 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT
TUESDAY. 


* TIMING: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE MONDAY MORNING...THEN
  INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE REACHING THEIR PEAK EARLY MONDAY
  NIGHT.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER
  50 MPH. BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN THE
  DESERTS AT TIMES.


* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND LOWER
  DESERTS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. AFFECTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDE I-10 AND
  I-8...HIGHWAY 243 IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY...AND HIGHWAYS 78 AND 79
  IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. AREAS IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS INCLUDE
  PALM SPRINGS...DESERT HOT SPRINGS...PALM DESERT...BORREGO
  SPRINGS...PINE VALLEY AND JULIAN.

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.

&&

$$

MOEDE
4 follow-up statements
059 
WWUS76 KSGX 181228
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
528 AM PDT MON APR 18 2011

...STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND ACROSS
CALIFORNIA MONDAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

CAZ055-060-182100-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.110418T1900Z-110419T1000Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
528 AM PDT MON APR 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM PDT
TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...PEAKING
  LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH. BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
  FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCHED 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.

&&

$$

CAZ056-058-061-062-182100-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.110418T1900Z-110419T1000Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
528 AM PDT MON APR 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM PDT
TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE EARLY THIS
  AFTERNOON...PEAKING LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
  DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  50 MPH. BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN THE  
  DESERTS AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND LOWER DESERTS
  WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS...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
519 
WWUS76 KSGX 182009
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
109 PM PDT MON APR 18 2011

...STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND ACROSS
CALIFORNIA TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

CAZ055-060-190500-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110419T1000Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
109 PM PDT MON APR 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...
  PEAKING THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  55 MPH. BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS IN THE HIGH DESERTS WILL MAKE DRIVING
  HAZARDOUS FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON I-15 AND
  ON HIGHWAYS 395 AND 247. 

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.

&&

$$

CAZ056-058-061-062-190500-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110419T1000Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
109 PM PDT MON APR 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...
  PEAKING THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  55 MPH. BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN THE
  DESERTS AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND LOWER
  DESERTS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. AFFECTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDE I-10 AND
  I-8...HIGHWAY 243 IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY...AND HIGHWAYS 78 AND 79
  IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. 

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.

&&

$$

PALMER
392 
WWUS76 KSGX 190405
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
905 PM PDT MON APR 18 2011

...STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND ACROSS
CALIFORNIA WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

CAZ055-060-191000-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110419T1000Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
905 PM PDT MON APR 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
  GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. BLOWING
  DUST AND SAND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS IN THE HIGH DESERTS WILL MAKE DRIVING
  HAZARDOUS FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON I-15 AND
  ON HIGHWAYS 395 AND 247.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ056-058-061-062-191000-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110419T1000Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
905 PM PDT MON APR 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
  GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...EXCEPT
  LOCALLY AROUND 60 MPH ALONG INTERSTATE 10 NEAR BANNING PASS.
  BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN THE DESERTS AT
  TIMES.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND LOWER
  DESERTS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. AFFECTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDE I-10 AND
  I-8...HIGHWAY 243 IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY...AND HIGHWAYS 78 AND 79
  IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MAXWELL
052 
WWUS76 KSGX 190957
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
257 AM PDT TUE APR 19 2011

CAZ055-060-191100-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110419T1000Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
257 AM PDT TUE APR 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS MORNING AND THE WIND ADIVSORY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

CAZ056-058-061-062-191100-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110419T1000Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
257 AM PDT TUE APR 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS MORNING AND THE WIND ADIVSORY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

SS

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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.