Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 28, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2011, 2:39 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at May 17, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2011, 2:39 AM PDT (09:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2011, 10:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 16 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 09:42 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, 9.7 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
661 WWUS76 KSGX 170939 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 239 AM PDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH CALIFORNIA INTO THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SECOND TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BRING STRONGER...MORE WIDESPREAD SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WEDNESDAY. CAZ055-060-172100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.110517T1300Z-110518T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 239 AM PDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: FROM AROUND SUNRISE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: STRONGEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD WINDS ALONG DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY: IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * 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 LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * OUTLOOK: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH STRONGEST WINDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. 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 LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. && $$ CAZ056-058-061-062-172100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.110517T1900Z-110518T0500Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 239 AM PDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MOST WIDESPREAD FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: STRONGEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD WINDS ALONG DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY: IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * OUTLOOK: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH STRONGEST WINDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. && $$ 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
646 WWUS76 KSGX 171515 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 815 AM PDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH CALIFORNIA INTO THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SECOND TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BRING STRONGER...MORE WIDESPREAD SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WEDNESDAY. CAZ056-058-061-062-172315- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.110517T1515Z-110518T0500Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 815 AM PDT TUE MAY 17 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. * TIMING: MOST WIDESPREAD FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: STRONGEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD WINDS ALONG DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY: IN THE DESERTS...LOCAL BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * 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 LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * OUTLOOK: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH STRONGEST WINDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. 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 LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. && $$ CAZ055-060-172315- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-110518T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 815 AM PDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: STRONGEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD WINDS ALONG DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY: IN THE DESERTS...LOCAL BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * OUTLOOK: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH STRONGEST WINDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. && $$ MM
534 WWUS76 KSGX 172235 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 335 PM PDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND INTO THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SECOND TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BRING STRONGER...MORE WIDESPREAD SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WEDNESDAY. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-180500- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-110518T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 335 PM PDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: STRONGEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD WINDS ALONG DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY: IN THE DESERTS...LOCAL BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * 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 LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * OUTLOOK: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH STRONGEST WINDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS TO 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 LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. && $$
903 WWUS76 KSGX 180440 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 940 PM PDT TUE MAY 17 2011 CAZ055-056-058-060>062-180545- /O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-110518T0500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 940 PM PDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. WINDS ARE STARTING TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...EVEN THOUGH SOME LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. $$
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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.