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High Wind Warning 2, NWS San Diego, CA

January 20, 2012Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind warning at Jan 20, 2012, 1:15 PM PST for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Jan 21, 2012, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 16 hr. 42 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2012, 1:15 PM PST (21:15 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 21, 2012, 6:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 21, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 21, 10:31 AM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 025 Ene Victorville, CAMEASURED WIND GUST OF 78 MPH.
Jan 21, 10:31 AM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 7825 Ene Victorville, CAMEASURED WIND GUST OF 78 MPH.
Jan 21, 10:51 AM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 010 N Morongo Valley, CABURNS CANYON RAWS SITE REPORTED GUST TO 99 MPH AND GUSTING OVER 95 MPH FOR THE LAST HOUR.
Jan 21, 10:51 AM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 9910 N Morongo Valley, CABURNS CANYON RAWS SITE REPORTED GUST TO 99 MPH AND GUSTING OVER 95 MPH FOR THE LAST HOUR.
Jan 21, 11:15 AM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 904 Wnw Palm Springs, CAWIND GUSTS OF 80 TO 90 MPH CAUSED THE PALM SPRINGS AERIAL TRAMWAY TO CLOSE AT 1115 AM. ABOUT 20 PEOPLE WERE TEMPORARILY STRANDED AT THE TOP OF THE STATION.
Jan 21, 11:50 AM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 58Barstow-Daggett Ap, CABARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT REPORTED A 58 MPH WIND GUST ALONG WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO A 1/2 MILE IN BLOWING DUST.
Jan 21, 11:52 AM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 553 W Barstow, CASPOTTER REPORTED 55 MPH GUST FROM THE WNW. SOME DEBRIS BEING BLOWN AROUND.
Jan 21, 11:57 AM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 66Palomar Mountain, CA
Jan 21, 12:10 PM PSTDUST STORMBarstow-Daggett Ap, CABARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT REPORTED 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST FROM 1210 PM UNTIL 1221 PM.
Jan 21, 12:20 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 Ne Morongo Valley, CAA SPOTTER IN MORONGO VALLEY REPORTED HIGH WINDS BLEW OVER A 20 FOOT TALL FLAG POLE.
Jan 21, 12:40 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 62Mount Laguna, CAMOUNT LAGUNA OBSERVATORY
Jan 21, 12:40 PM PSTDUST STORMLanders (Ar190), CAA SPOTTER REPORTED VISIBILITY AS LOW AS 3 FEET IN LANDERS FROM BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WAS REPORTED TO BE IMPOSSIBLE.
Jan 21, 12:43 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG5 Ssw Barstow, CAA ROAD SIGN WAS BLOWN ONTO INTERSTATE 15 SOUTHBOUND NEAR OUTLET CENTER DRIVE WITH THE POST STILL ATTACHED.
Jan 21, 12:52 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 Ne Morongo Valley, CAEXPERIENCING PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES AND 20 FOOT FLAG POLE SNAPPED.
Jan 21, 12:55 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 63Bicycle Lake Airfield, CABICYCLE LAKE ASOS ESTIMATED A 55 KT OR 63 MPH WIND GUST AT AN ELEVATION OF 2349 FEET.
Jan 21, 1:00 PM PSTDUST STORMPalm Springs, CATHREE MAJOR ROADWAYS IN AND OUT OF PALM SPRINGS WERE CLOSED DUE TO ZERO VISIBILITY CAUSED BY BLOWING DUST AND SAND. THESE ROADS WERE INDIAN AVE, GENE AUTRY TRAIL, AND VISTA CHINO.
Jan 21, 1:00 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 Ne Palm Springs, CAPOWER POLES WERE KNOCKED DOWN ON N GENE AUTRY TR, NORTH OF VISTA CHINO.
Jan 21, 1:00 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 Se Palm Springs, CAA POWERLINE WAS KNOCKED DOWN AT HORIZON MOBILE VILLAGE, A MOBILE HOME PARK OFF OF PALM CANYON DRIVE. TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN AND FURNITURE WAS BLOWN AROUND.
Jan 21, 1:00 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG3 Se Palm Springs, CAPALM CANYON DRIVE AT LINDEN WAY WAS CLOSED DUE TO A DOWNED POWERLINE.
Jan 21, 1:10 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 61Barstow-Daggett Ap, CABARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT MEASURED A 61 MPH WIND GUST AT AN ELEVATION OF 1917 FEET.
Jan 21, 1:18 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 0Palm Springs, CAPALM SPRINGS TRAM HAD GUST OF 80 TO 90 MPH THIS MORNING CAUSING TRAM TO BE CLOSED
Jan 21, 1:18 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 904 Wnw Palm Springs, CAPALM SPRINGS TRAM HAD GUST OF 80 TO 90 MPH THIS MORNING CAUSING TRAM TO BE CLOSED
Jan 21, 1:22 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMGLa Quinta, CA*** 1 INJ *** THE HUMANA CHALLENGE GOLF TOURNAMENT AT THE LA QUINTA COUNTRY CLUB WAS STOPPED AT 122 PM DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS. THE LEADERBOARD WAS BLOWN OVER INTO A FOUNTAIN. THE MAIN TENT AT BOB HOPE SQUARE COLLAPSED. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE VENDOR AND EVENT T
Jan 21, 1:26 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG9 Ene Manix (Up240), CAA SIGN WAS BLOWN INTO INTERSTATE 15 BY HIGH WINDS NEAR THE CLYDE KANE REST AREA.
Jan 21, 1:30 PM PSTDUST STORM3 Nne La Quinta, CABRIDGES AND WASH CROSSINGS WERE CLOSED AT WASHINGTON AND ADAMS STREET BECAUSE OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND REDUCING VISIBILITY.
Jan 21, 1:36 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 703 N Santa Rosa Mountain, CAPINYON PINES RAWS
Jan 21, 1:40 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 66Palm Springs, CAPALM SPRINGS AIRPORT ASOS
Jan 21, 1:43 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 Ne Morongo Valley, CAEXPERIENCING PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES AND 20 FOOT FLAG POLE SNAPPED.
Jan 21, 1:50 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 6510 Nw Palm Springs, CAWHITE WATER RAWS
Jan 21, 1:55 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 69Bicycle Lake Airfield, CATHE BICYCLE LAKE AIRFIELD OBSERVER ESTIMATED A WIND GUST OF 60 KTS OR 69 MPH AT AN ELEVATION OF 2349 FEET.
Jan 21, 2:00 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMGLa Quinta, CA*** 1 INJ *** A TENT AND THE LEADER BOARD GOT BLOWN OVER AT A GOLF TOURNAMENT. TREES ALSO UPROOTED
Jan 21, 2:00 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 S Primm, CALAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGH WINDS BLEW OVER A TRUCK NEAR THE CALIFORNIA-NEVADA STATE LINE ON INTERSTATE 15. THE TRUCK BLOCKED TWO LANES OF THE INTERSTATE.
Jan 21, 2:00 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMGMorongo Valley, CAHIGH WINDS KNOCKED OUT POWER TO OVER 2300 CUSTOMERS IN THE MORONGO BASIN ACCORDING TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON. MOST OF THE OUTAGES WERE IN MORONGO VALLEY AND TWENTYNINE PALMS.
Jan 21, 2:15 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 74Borrego Springs, CA
Jan 21, 2:42 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 604 S Coachella, CATHERMAL AIRPORT ASOS
Jan 21, 2:45 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 615 W Desert Hot Springs, CAWHITE WATER / DESERT HOT SPRINGS MESONET
Jan 21, 2:56 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Barstow, CACALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A TREE AND POWER POLE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF WALNUT STREET AT JADE ROAD.
Jan 21, 3:00 PM PSTDUST STORM4 Ne Palm Desert, CAREDUCED VISIBILITY FROM BLOWING SAND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CAUSED A CRASH BETWEEN A BUS, A TRUCK, AND A SEDAN ON I-10 WESTBOUND NEAR THE GENE AUTRY TRAIL EXIT.
Jan 21, 3:54 PM PSTDUST STORM3 E Barstow, CACALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF SAND BLEW ONTO HARVARD ROAD RESULTING IN THE ROAD NEEDING TO BE CLOSED.
Jan 21, 4:57 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 6610 Nw Palm Springs, CAWHITE WATER RAWS
Jan 21, 5:30 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMGMorongo Valley, CAHIGH WINDS BLEW PARTS OF TWO ROOFS OFF HOMES BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM.
Jan 21, 6:41 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 63N Twentynine Palms (Knx, CA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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 2012-01-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-01-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 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.

379 
WWUS76 KSGX 202115
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
115 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS TOMORROW...

.A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS ON SATURDAY AND INTO
SATURDAY EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL MAINLY BE ALONG THE
MOUNTAIN CRESTS AND THE DESERT SLOPES.

CAZ058-062-210600-
/O.UPG.KSGX.WI.Y.0004.120121T1400Z-120122T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0002.120121T1400Z-120122T0600Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
115 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING: SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
  HOURS.

* WINDS: WEST 20 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

* VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY LOCALLY REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN THE
  DESERTS.

* IMPACTS: DRIVING OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT...
  INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 8 BETWEEN PINE VALLEY AND THE
  IMPERIAL COUNTY LINE. DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL BE
  POSSIBLE WHERE THESE HIGH WINDS OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

CAZ055-056-060-061-210600-
/O.UPG.KSGX.HW.A.0002.120121T1400Z-120122T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0002.120121T1400Z-120122T0600Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-COACHELLA VALLEY-
115 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. THE
HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING: SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
  HOURS.

* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH.

* VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY LOCALLY REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN THE
  DESERTS.

* IMPACTS: DRIVING OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT...
  INCLUDING ALONG HIGHWAY 247 NEAR LUCERNE VALLEY...ALONG
  INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN BANNING AND PALM SPRINGS...AND ALONG
  HIGHWAY 111 NORTHWEST OF PALM SPRINGS. DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND
  POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THESE HIGH WINDS OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

PALMER
4 follow-up statements
149 
WWUS76 KSGX 210501
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
901 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS SATURDAY...

.A POTENT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA SATURDAY WILL BRING STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING
WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. STRONGEST WINDS WILL MAINLY
BE ALONG THE MOUNTAIN CRESTS AND THE DESERT SLOPES. THE HIGH
DESERTS NORTH OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS WILL BE PARTICULAR
SUSCEPTIBLE TO VERY STRONG WINDS.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-211400-
/O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0002.120121T1400Z-120122T0600Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
901 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING: SATURDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS DURING FROM MID
  MORNING TO LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: WEST 20 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

* VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY LOCALLY REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN THE
  DESERTS.

* IMPACTS: DRIVING OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT.
  AFFECTED ROADS INCLUDE I-15 AND HIGHWAY 395 IN THE HIGH
  DESERTS...AND INTERSTATE 10 AND HIGHWAY 111 IN THE COACHELLA
  VALLEY...AND I-8 BETWEEN PINE VALLEY AND THE IMPERIAL COUNTY
  LINE. DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE
  THESE HIGH WINDS OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

MOEDE
358 
WWUS76 KSGX 211114
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
314 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING INLAND THROUGH CALIFORNIA WILL
BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MAINLY BE ALONG THE MOUNTAIN
CRESTS AND THE DESERT SLOPES. THE HIGH DESERTS NORTH OF THE SAN
BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS WILL BE PARTICULAR SUSCEPTIBLE TO VERY STRONG
WINDS.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-212200-
/O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0002.120121T1400Z-120122T0600Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
314 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS FROM MID MORNING TO LATE AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MAINLY BE ALONG THE MOUNTAIN
  CRESTS AND THE DESERT SLOPES.

* WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO
  80 MPH. 

* VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
  TO ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN THE DESERTS.

* IMPACTS: DRIVING OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. AFFECTED
  ROADS INCLUDE I-15 AND HIGHWAY 395 IN THE HIGH DESERTS...AND
  INTERSTATE 10 AND HIGHWAY 111 IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY...AND I-8
  BETWEEN PINE VALLEY AND THE IMPERIAL COUNTY LINE. DOWNED TREE
  LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THESE HIGH WINDS
  OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

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
189 
WWUS76 KSGX 212140
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
140 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A PACIFIC
STORM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MAINLY BE
ALONG THE MOUNTAIN CRESTS AND THE DESERT SLOPES. THE HIGH DESERTS
NORTH OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS WILL BE PARTICULAR
SUSCEPTIBLE TO VERY STRONG WINDS...WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 90 MPH
POSSIBLE.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-220600-
/O.CON.KSGX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120122T0600Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
140 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY
  DECREASING THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATION: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MAINLY BE ALONG THE MOUNTAIN
  CRESTS AND THE DESERT SLOPES.

* WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 90
  MPH.

* VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL LOCALLY REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN THE
  DESERTS.

* IMPACTS: DRIVING OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT.
  AFFECTED ROADS INCLUDE I-15...HIGHWAY 395 AND 247 IN THE HIGH
  DESERTS...I-10 AND HIGHWAY 111 IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY...AND
  I-8 BETWEEN PINE VALLEY AND THE IMPERIAL COUNTY LINE. DOWNED
  TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THESE HIGH
  WINDS OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

PALMER
003 
WWUS76 KSGX 220555
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
955 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012


CAZ055-056-058-060>062-220700-
/O.EXP.KSGX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120122T0600Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
955 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND WARNING THRESHOLDS AND WILL CONTINUE
TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT.

$$

MOEDE

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 3:42 AM PSTWind AdvisorySGXSan Diego10 hr

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.