Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 6, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind warning at Feb 10, 2012, 1:45 PM PST for Riverside County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Feb 11, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2012, 1:45 PM PST (21:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2012, 9:38 PM PST
- In force
- 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 21:43 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 12:00Z, 9.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2343 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
577 WWUS76 KSGX 102145 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 145 PM PST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY SUNDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL GENERATE MODERATE TO STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING...AS THE TROUGH EXITS THE REGION. CAZ056-058-061-062-110600- /O.UPG.KSGX.HW.A.0006.120211T1500Z-120213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0006.120211T1800Z-120212T1800Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 145 PM PST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING... PEAKING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITY MAY LOCALLY REDUCE TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING DUST IN THE DESERTS. * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FREEWAYS MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED ARE INTERSTATE 10 AND HIGHWAY 111 NEAR THE BANNING PASS...AND INTERSTATE 8 NEAR THE SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTY BORDER. WATCHED FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$ CAZ055-060-110600- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0009.120211T1800Z-120212T1800Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 145 PM PST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. * TIMING: GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING...PEAKING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITY MAY LOCALLY REDUCE TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING DUST IN THE DESERTS. * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FREEWAYS MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED ARE INTERSTATE 15 AND HIGHWAY 395...18...AND 247. WATCHED FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
407 WWUS76 KSGX 110538 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 938 PM PST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL GENERATE MODERATE TO STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING...AS THE TROUGH EXITS THE REGION. CAZ056-058-061-062-111300- /O.CAN.KSGX.HW.W.0006.120211T1800Z-120212T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KSGX.WI.Y.0009.120211T1800Z-120212T1500Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 938 PM PST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM PST SUNDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM PST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING...PEAKING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITY MAY LOCALLY REDUCE TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING DUST IN THE DESERTS. * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FREEWAYS MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED ARE INTERSTATE 15 AND HIGHWAY 395...18...AND 247. WATCHED FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$ CAZ055-060-111300- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0009.120211T1800Z-120212T1500Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 938 PM PST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM PST SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM PST SUNDAY. * TIMING: GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING...PEAKING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITY MAY LOCALLY REDUCE TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING DUST IN THE DESERTS. * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FREEWAYS MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED ARE INTERSTATE 15 AND HIGHWAY 395...18...AND 247. WATCHED FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 3:05 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 11 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:27 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SGX | 43 hr | |
| Feb 10, 1:27 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SGX | 32 hr | |
| Feb 10, 1:45 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 70 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.