Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 25, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2012, 2:21 PM PDT for Santa Barbara County, California. It took effect at Mar 24, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2012, 2:21 PM PDT (21:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2012, 9:08 AM PDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
County Santa Barbara County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
210 WWUS76 KLOX 242121 NPWLOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 221 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR AREAS NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A SOUTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP...MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON SUNDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEMS COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE REGION. CAZ034-035-250300- /O.NEW.KLOX.WI.Y.0025.120325T0300Z-120325T1500Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN LUIS OBISPO...PISMO BEACH... MORRO BAY...CAMBRIA...SAN SIMEON...SANTA MARIA...LOMPOC... VANDENBERG 221 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL COAST. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING...AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAYS 1...101...166 AND 246. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ038-052-250300- /O.NEW.KLOX.WI.Y.0025.120325T0300Z-120325T1900Z/ CUYAMA VALLEY-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CUYAMA...SAN MARCOS PASS... SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA 221 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE CUYAMA VALLEY. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAYS 154 AND 166. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HALL
3 follow-up statements
184 WWUS76 KLOX 250234 NPWLOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 734 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR AREAS NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A SOUTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP...MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON SUNDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEMS COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE REGION. CAZ034-035-251200- /O.CON.KLOX.WI.Y.0025.120325T0300Z-120325T1500Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN LUIS OBISPO...PISMO BEACH... MORRO BAY...CAMBRIA...SAN SIMEON...SANTA MARIA...LOMPOC... VANDENBERG 734 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE HILLS. * IMPACTS...GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAYS 1...101...166 AND 246. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ038-052-251200- /O.CON.KLOX.WI.Y.0025.120325T0300Z-120325T1900Z/ CUYAMA VALLEY-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CUYAMA...SAN MARCOS PASS... SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA 734 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAYS 154 AND 166. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GOMBERG/30
737 WWUS76 KLOX 251155 NPWLOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 455 AM PDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR AREAS NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON LATER THIS MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEMS COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE REGION. CAZ034-035-251900- /O.EXT.KLOX.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120325T1900Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN LUIS OBISPO...PISMO BEACH... MORRO BAY...CAMBRIA...SAN SIMEON...SANTA MARIA...LOMPOC... VANDENBERG 455 AM PDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAYS 1...101...166 AND 246. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ038-052-251900- /O.CON.KLOX.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120325T1900Z/ CUYAMA VALLEY-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CUYAMA...SAN MARCOS PASS... SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA 455 AM PDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAYS 154 AND 166. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
663 WWUS76 KLOX 251608 NPWLOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 908 AM PDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... .THE LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES INDICATED THE GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS HAD DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH WIND ADVISORIES ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT...LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS MAY CONTINUE IN SOME AREAS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. CAZ034-035-038-052-251715- /O.CAN.KLOX.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120325T1900Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN LUIS OBISPO...PISMO BEACH... MORRO BAY...CAMBRIA...SAN SIMEON...SANTA MARIA...LOMPOC... VANDENBERG...CUYAMA...SAN MARCOS PASS... SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA 908 AM PDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ RAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:07 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | LOX | 48 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.