Alert archive / California / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 4, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this gale warning at Nov 9, 2012, 11:04 AM PST. It took effect at Nov 10, 2012, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 9, 2012, 11:04 AM PST (19:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 10, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2012, 8:36 AM PST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
846 WHUS76 KSGX 091904 MWWSGX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1104 AM PST FRI NOV 9 2012 PZZ750-775-100315- /O.EXT.KSGX.SI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-121110T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.GL.W.0004.121110T1200Z-121111T0200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER AND OUT 30 NM- WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO 60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND- 1104 AM PST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KT TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONGER WIND GUSTS EXPECTED SATURDAY WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 KT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE REISSUED AFTER THE GALE WARNING ENDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF SATURDAY NIGHT. * SEAS...BECOMING HAZARDOUS FOR MOST SMALL CRAFT BY TONIGHT WITH COMBINED SEAS 6 TO 10 FT AND PERIODS AROUND 7 SECONDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO BALFOUR
3 follow-up statements
852 WHUS76 KSGX 100251 MWWSGX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 651 PM PST FRI NOV 9 2012 PZZ750-775-101200- /O.CON.KSGX.SI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-121110T1200Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.GL.W.0004.121110T1200Z-121111T0200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER AND OUT 30 NM- WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO 60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND- 651 PM PST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT. STRONGER WIND GUSTS EXPECTED SATURDAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN SATURDAY NIGHT. * SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 6 TO 10 FT AND PERIODS AROUND 7 TO 8 SECONDS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. LARGE SEAS AND STEEP WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO SS
848 WHUS76 KSGX 101155 MWWSGX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 355 AM PST SAT NOV 10 2012 PZZ750-775-101800- /O.EXP.KSGX.SI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-121110T1200Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.GL.W.0004.121110T1200Z-121111T0200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER AND OUT 30 NM- WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO 60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND- 355 AM PST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT TODAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS EVENING. * SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 7 TO 9 FT AND PERIODS AROUND 7 TO 8 SECONDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. LARGE SEAS AND STEEP WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO
972 WHUS76 KSGX 101636 MWWSGX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 836 AM PST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND AND HAZARDOUS SEAS THROUGH 3 AM SUNDAY... .PEAK WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF THE WIND WAVES AND A FRESH SHORT-PERIOD SWELL OF 7 TO 8 SECONDS WILL RESULT IN CHOPPY SEAS...WITH TOTAL COMBINED SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET IN THE OUTER WATERS THE REST OF TODAY. WIND AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER OVERNIGHT. PZZ750-775-110100- /O.CAN.KSGX.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121111T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.SC.Y.0015.121110T1636Z-121111T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER AND OUT 30 NM- WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO 60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND- 836 AM PST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN TONIGHT. * SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 7 TO 9 FT...MAINLY IN THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS...AND PERIODS AROUND 7 TO 8 SECONDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. LARGE SEAS AND STEEP WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS AND COMBINED SEAS OF 8 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF ONLY 8 SECONDS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ MAXWELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 3:51 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 15 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:51 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 30 hr |
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Sources
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