Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 21, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Apr 23, 2011, 7:55 PM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Apr 24, 2011, 2:43 AM PDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2011, 7:55 PM PDT (02:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2011, 2:43 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2011, 3:08 AM PDT
- In force
- 24 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 02:52 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, 2.9 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
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
058 WWUS76 KSGX 240255 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 755 PM PDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE DESERTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .HOLIDAY MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH THE DESERTS SUNDAY WILL ENCOUNTER STRONG WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. CAZ060-241200- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.110424T1800Z-110425T0700Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 755 PM PDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SUNDAY FROM 11 AM TO MIDNIGHT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * 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 WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ061-062-241200- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.110424T1800Z-110425T0700Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 755 PM PDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SUNDAY FROM 11 AM TO MIDNIGHT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND THE BORREGO DESERT WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AFFECTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDE I-10 AND HIGHWAY 111 IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY...AND I-8 AND HIGHWAY 78 IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MOEDE
4 follow-up statements
555 WWUS76 KSGX 240943 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 243 AM PDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND FROM ARIZONA INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS IN THE DESERTS AND DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAZ060-242100- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.110424T0943Z-110425T0700Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 243 AM PDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. * OUTLOOK: STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. && $$ CAZ061-062-242100- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.110424T0943Z-110425T0700Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 243 AM PDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. * OUTLOOK: STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. && $$ 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
109 WWUS76 KSGX 241931 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1231 PM PDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE INLAND WILL GENERATE STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS FROM THE DESERT FOOTHILLS...LOCALLY ONTO THE DESERT FLOOR THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAZ060-250400- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110425T0700Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 1231 PM PDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY LOCALLY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. WATCH FOR DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS. * OUTLOOK: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$ CAZ061-062-250400- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110425T0700Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 1231 PM PDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY LOCALLY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. WATCH FOR DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS. * OUTLOOK: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
263 WWUS76 KSGX 250339 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 839 PM PDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE DESERTS TONIGHT AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT... .GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE DESERTS TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE WEST WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 3 AM TUESDAY MORNING. CAZ060-251300- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110426T1000Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 839 PM PDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: TONIGHT AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * 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 WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ CAZ061-062-251300- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110426T1000Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 839 PM PDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: TONIGHT AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS IN THE DESERTS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AFFECTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDE I-10 AND HIGHWAY 111 IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY...AND I-8 AND HIGHWAY 78 IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MOEDE
139 WWUS76 KSGX 251008 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 308 AM PDT MON APR 25 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS IN THE DESERTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND TO THE NORTH WILL STRENGTHEN THE ONSHORE FLOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT BRINGING STRONG GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS TO THE DESERTS. CAZ060-252100- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110426T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0022.110425T2300Z-110426T1000Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 308 AM PDT MON APR 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON I-15 AND ON HIGHWAYS 395 AND 247. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. 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. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. && $$ CAZ061-062-252100- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110426T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0022.110425T2300Z-110426T1000Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 308 AM PDT MON APR 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AFFECTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS INCLUDE I-10 AND HIGHWAY 111 IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY...AND I-8 AND HIGHWAY 78 IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. && $$ 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
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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.