Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 15, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2012, 2:20 AM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Feb 23, 2012, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2012, 2:20 AM PST (10:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 3:33 AM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
Counties Orange County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 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 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 3656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
584 WWUS76 KSGX 231020 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 220 AM PST THU FEB 23 2012 ...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE AND ORANGE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES... .OFFSHORE GRADIENTS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT...AS ANOTHER SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH AND BELOW THE CANYONS AND PASSES IN THE INLAND EMPIRE AND SURROUNDING COASTAL SLOPES AS WELL AS IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND COASTAL FOOTHILLS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. CAZ042-048-055-057-232215- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0015.120224T0600Z-120224T1800Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- 220 AM PST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCATION: THROUGH AND BELOW THE CANYONS AND PASSES AS WELL AS ALONG AND NEAR COASTAL MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ PALMER
3 follow-up statements
686 WWUS76 KSGX 232121 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 121 PM PST THU FEB 23 2012 ...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE AND ORANGE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES... .OFFSHORE GRADIENTS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH AND BELOW THE CANYONS AND PASSES IN THE INLAND EMPIRE AND SURROUNDING COASTAL SLOPES INCLUDING THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND COASTAL FOOTHILLS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY. CAZ042-048-055-057-240530- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0015.120224T0600Z-120224T1800Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- 121 PM PST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * TIMING: LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCATION: THROUGH AND BELOW THE CANYONS AND PASSES AS WELL AS ALONG AND NEAR COASTAL MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JAD
491 WWUS76 KSGX 240540 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 940 PM PST THU FEB 23 2012 ...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS...THE INLAND EMPIRE AND ORANGE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL RESULT IN GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY. CAZ042-048-055-057-241400- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0015.120224T0600Z-120224T1800Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- 940 PM PST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * TIMING: THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATION: THROUGH AND BELOW THE CANYONS AND PASSES AS WELL AS ALONG AND NEAR COASTAL MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ MOEDE
528 WWUS76 KSGX 241133 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 333 AM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...LOCAL GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS NEAR THE COASTAL FOOTHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING LOCALLY GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS NEAR THE COASTAL FOOTHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 45 MPH. CAZ042-048-055-057-241245- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120224T1800Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- 333 AM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THERE WILL BE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS NEAR THE COASTAL FOOTHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 45 MPH. $$ 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
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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.