Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 29, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at May 18, 2011, 2:32 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at May 18, 2011, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2011, 2:32 AM PDT (09:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2011, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
Counties Riverside County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
393 WWUS76 KSGX 180932 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 232 AM PDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INLAND THROUGH THE WEST WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW TODAY WITH STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. CAZ056-058-061-062-182100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0029.110518T1900Z-110519T0300Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 232 AM PDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * LOCATION: NEAR RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * WINDS: WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: IN THE DESERTS...LOCALLY REDUCED 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 LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 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 LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$ CURRENT WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/GMAP/INDEX.PHP MAX DAILY WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/KML/WIND.PHP?WFO=SGX MARTIN
2 follow-up statements
182 WWUS76 KSGX 182008 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 108 PM PDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .STRONG ONSHORE FLOW FROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. CAZ056-058-061-062-190300- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-110519T0300Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 108 PM PDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * LOCATION: NEAR RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * WINDS: WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: IN THE DESERTS...LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SAND. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$ MM
355 WWUS76 KSGX 190253 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 753 PM PDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 8 PM... CAZ056-058-061-062-190400- /O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-110519T0300Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 753 PM PDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$ MOEDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 9:03 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SGX | 26 hr | |
| May 18, 1:46 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SGX | 66 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.