Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2011

Wind Advisory 32, NWS San Diego, CA

June 16, 2011Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Jun 16, 2011, 8:05 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2011, 8:05 AM PDT (15:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 9:10 PM PDT
In force
13 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 15:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 3.1 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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.

630 
WWUS76 KSGX 161505
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
805 AM PDT THU JUN 16 2011

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DIGGING OVER THE WEST WILL INCREASE
THE ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THEREFORE...WILL SEE
GUSTY WEST WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...ESPECIALLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

CAZ056-058-061-062-162315-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0032.110616T1505Z-110617T0500Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
805 AM PDT THU JUN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AS WELL
AS THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* TIMING: GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE AREAS
  TODAY...BUT WILL STRENGTHEN EVEN MORE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.
  LOCALLY TO AROUND 55 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BANNING PASS.

* VISIBILITY: IN THE DESERTS....THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME
  BLOWING DUST OR SAND...REDUCING VISIBILITIES 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.


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.

&&

$$

CAZ055-060-162315-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0032.110616T1800Z-110617T0500Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
805 AM PDT THU JUN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS APPLE AND
LUCERNE VALLEYS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10
PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* TIMING: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.

* VISIBILITY: IN THE DESERTS....THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME
  BLOWING DUST OR SAND...REDUCING VISIBILITIES 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.

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
2 follow-up statements
477 
WWUS76 KSGX 162010
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
110 PM PDT THU JUN 16 2011

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

.THE COMBINATION OF A DIGGING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WEST AND
A THERMALLY INDUCED SURFACE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE ENHANCE THE
ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THEREFORE...GUSTY WEST
WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-170500-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110617T0500Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
110 PM PDT THU JUN 16 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: GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THESE
  AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BEFORE WEAKENING LATER
  TONIGHT.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.
  LOCAL GUST TO AROUND 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR
  THE BANNING PASS.

* VISIBILITY: IN THE DESERTS....THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME
  BLOWING DUST OR SAND...REDUCING VISIBILITIES 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.

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
520 
WWUS76 KSGX 170410
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
910 PM PDT THU JUN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED...

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-170515-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110617T0500Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
910 PM PDT THU JUN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. 

$$

MOEDE

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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.