Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 30, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2012, 2:15 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2012, 2:15 AM PDT (09:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2012, 11:05 PM PDT
- In force
- 21 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 09:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
- 2638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
965 WWUS76 KSGX 260915 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 215 AM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...BRINGING GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-262100- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0030.120426T0915Z-120426T2100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 215 AM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...STRONGEST ALONG MOUNTAIN RIDGETOPS AND DESERT SLOPES. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY DOWN TO ONE-QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING DUST OR SAND IN THE DESERTS. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * OUTLOOK...GUSTY WEST WINDS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ PALMER
4 follow-up statements
398 WWUS76 KSGX 261546 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 846 AM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED INTO THE EVENING HOURS FOR THE MOUNTAINS...AND UNTIL LATE TONIGHT FOR THE DESERTS... .HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING IN RAPIDLY BEHIND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING QUICKLY NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A STRONG ONSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE PRESENT OVER THE AREA THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL PROLONG THE PERIOD OFF WIND GUST OVER 45 MPH OVER THE MOUNTAINS INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AND WELL INTO THE NIGHT OVER THE DESERT AREAS. CAZ061-062-270100- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120427T0600Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 846 AM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. * LOCATION...NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST OR SAND. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ060-270100- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120427T0900Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 846 AM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 2 AM PDT FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...NEAR THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AND OVER JOHNSON VALLEY. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF BLOWING SAND. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR DOWNED POWER LINES. * OUTLOOK...GUSTY WEST WINDS MAY CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ CAZ055-056-058-270100- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120427T0100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 846 AM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ALONG RIDGE TOPS...THROUGH PASSES...AND DOWN CANYONS ON THE DESERT SLOPES. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
890 WWUS76 KSGX 270014 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 514 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR THE DESERTS BUT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED IN THE MOUNTAINS... .STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE LOCAL WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH THIS EVENING IN THE DESERTS. WINDS HAVE DECREASED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH GUSTS MOSTLY LESS THAN 30 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN ALL AREAS TONIGHT. CAZ055-056-058-270115- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120427T0100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 514 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. MOST WIND GUSTS WILL BE LESS THAN 30 MPH THIS EVENING. $$ CAZ061-062-270600- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120427T0600Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 514 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. * LOCATION...NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST OR SAND. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ060-270815- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120427T0900Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 514 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...DECREASING AROUND MIDNIGHT. * TIMING...UNTIL 2 AM PDT FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...NEAR THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS AND OVER JOHNSON VALLEY. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF BLOWING SAND. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR DOWNED 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. && $$ MAXWELL
058 WWUS76 KSGX 270405 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 905 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR THE DESERTS... .STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE LOCAL WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH THIS EVENING IN THE DESERTS. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN ALL AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CAZ061-062-270600- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120427T0600Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 905 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. * LOCATION...NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST OR SAND. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ060-270900- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120427T0900Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 905 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...DECREASING AROUND MIDNIGHT. * TIMING...UNTIL 2 AM PDT FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...NEAR THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS AND OVER JOHNSON VALLEY. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF BLOWING SAND. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR DOWNED 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. && $$ MAXWELL
934 WWUS76 KSGX 270605 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1105 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 CAZ060-270715- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120427T0900Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 1105 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN ACROSS APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS TONIGHT. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ CAZ061-062-270715- /O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120427T0600Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 1105 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN ACROSS THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS THIS EVENING...WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH NEAR THE BANNING PASS. THEREFORE...THE WINDS ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM. $$ PALMER
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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.