Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 27, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2012, 2:20 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Apr 11, 2012, 1:46 AM PDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2012, 2:20 AM PDT (09:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2012, 1:46 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 5:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
Counties Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 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, 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
497 WWUS76 KSGX 100920 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 220 AM PDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY... .A PAIR OF PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-102100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0026.120410T2300Z-120411T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.120411T1900Z-120412T1000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 220 AM PDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 3 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. * OUTLOOK...PERIODS OF STRONGER AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY INLAND THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 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. && $$ MARTIN
5 follow-up statements
643 WWUS76 KSGX 102111 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 211 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY... .A PAIR OF PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-110600- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0026.120410T2300Z-120411T1000Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.120411T1900Z-120412T1000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 211 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. * OUTLOOK...PERIODS OF STRONGER AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY INLAND THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
083 WWUS76 KSGX 110407 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 907 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY... .A PAIR OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-111130- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120411T1000Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.120411T1900Z-120412T1000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 907 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. * OUTLOOK...PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS A SECOND STORM SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY INLAND THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 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. && $$ MM
551 WWUS76 KSGX 110846 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 146 AM PDT WED APR 11 2012 ...PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY... .A PAIR OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. CAZ055-056-058-060-111700- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120411T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.120411T0846Z-120412T0400Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 146 AM PDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGES...THROUGH PASSES...DOWN CANYONS ALONG THE DESERT SLOPES...AND ADJACENT DESERT VALLEY AREAS. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. * OUTLOOK...ANOTHER PERIOD OF STRONG WEST WINDS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS A SECOND STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. * REPORTS...GUSTS 51 TO 55 MPH REPORTED AT BURNS CANYON RAWS SINCE 1100 PM. LUCERENE VALLEY REPORTED GUSTS 48 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ061-062-111700- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120411T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.120411T0846Z-120413T1000Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 146 AM PDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 3 AM FRIDAY. * LOCATION...BELOW MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS...AND BETWEEN THE INDIO HILLS AND TE LITTLE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. * OUTLOOK...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS MAY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTER A SECOND STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. * REPORTS...WHITE WATER RAWS REPORTED GUST 64 MPH SINCE MIDNIGHT. SKY VALLEY REPORTED GUSTS 63 MPH SINCE 1245 AM. BORREGO SPRINGS REPORTED GUSTS 52 TO 54 MPH SINCE MIDNIGHT. 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. && $$ BALFOUR
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
807 WWUS76 KSGX 120015 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 515 PM PDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WINDS HAVE DECREASED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON. CAZ061-062-120115- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-120413T1000Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 515 PM PDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. LOCAL WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. $$ CAZ055-056-058-060-120115- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-120412T0400Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 515 PM PDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. LOCAL WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:20 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 23 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:33 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | SGX | San Bernardino | 38 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:00 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SGX | 24 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.