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Wind Advisory 27, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at May 8, 2011, 2:58 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at May 8, 2011, 8:20 PM PDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2011, 2:58 AM PDT (09:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2011, 8:20 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2011, 8:21 PM 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 10:01 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, 10.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
454 WWUS76 KSGX 080958 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 258 AM PDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT WITH STRONG GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-082100- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-110508T1900Z/ /O.UPG.KSGX.HW.A.0007.110508T1900Z-110509T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.110509T0700Z-110509T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0011.110508T1900Z-110509T0700Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 258 AM PDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM PDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM PDT MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION: NEAR RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS...INCLUDING THE BANNING PASS. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WITH STRONGEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DECREASING TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN THE 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 HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED... WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN THE DESERTS...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
5 follow-up statements
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
634 WWUS76 KSGX 090320 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 820 PM PDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS TONIGHT... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH MONDAY IN THE DESERTS AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-091300- /O.CAN.KSGX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110509T0700Z/ /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.110509T0320Z-110509T1300Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 820 PM PDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT MONDAY... ...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 6 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THE DESERTS AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS. * LOCATION: NEAR RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS...INCLUDING THE BANNING PASS. * TIMING: THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS...THEN WEAKENING ON MONDAY MORNING...BUT POTENTIALLY PICKING UP IN THE AFTERNOON AGAIN. * WINDS: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...THEN DECREASING SLIGHTLY LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY SUDDENLY AND SIGNIFICANTLY TO NEAR ZERO. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS...DOWNED POWER LINES...AND DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED... WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PALMER
775 WWUS76 KSGX 091023 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 323 AM PDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE STRONG ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BRIEFLY AFTER SUNRISE...THEN STRENGTHEN LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-092100- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-110510T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 323 AM PDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: NEAR RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS...INCLUDING THE BANNING PASS. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT WITH A PERIOD OF WEAKER WINDS AFTER SUNRISE THROUGH MID MORNING. * WINDS: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: LOCALLY REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN THE DESERTS IN BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SAND AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED... WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. && $$ CURRENT WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/GMAP/INDEX.PHP MAX DAILY WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/KML/WIND.PHP?WFO=SGX MARTIN
752 WWUS76 KSGX 092041 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 141 PM PDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS SPEEDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST TO 55 MPH THROUGH 10 PM...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-100500- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-110510T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 141 PM PDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: ALONG MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND DOWN THE DESERT SLOPES INTO THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND THE BORREGO DESERT. THE APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS OF THE HIGH DESERT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS. * TIMING: THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SAND. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED... WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MOEDE
853 WWUS76 KSGX 100321 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 821 PM PDT MON MAY 9 2011 CAZ055-056-058-060>062-100430- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-110510T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 821 PM PDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE DESERTS AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS. WEST WINDS ARE DECREASING BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. ALTHOUGH BREEZY CONDITIONS MAY LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH SOME LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE...THESE WINDS WILL TAPER EVEN MORE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:51 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SGX | 42 hr | |
| May 8, 2:58 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 17 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.