Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 33, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at May 4, 2012, 1:39 PM PDT for Riverside County, California. It took effect at May 4, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2012, 1:39 PM PDT (20:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
County Riverside County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
100 WWUS76 KSGX 042039 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 139 PM PDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR COACHELLA VALLEY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF BANNING PASS... .PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AS ANOTHER TROUGH MOVES INLAND TO THE NORTH. ALREADY GETTING GUSTS OVER 45 MPH AND EXPECT ANOTHER 10 MPH INCREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. MAIN IMPACT AREA...EAST OF BANNING PASS AND ALONG DILLON ROAD BETWEEN INDIO HILLS AND WEST SLOPES OF THE LITTLE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. CAZ061-050445- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0033.120504T2100Z-120505T1000Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY- 139 PM PDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...2 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 3 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...EAST OF THE BANNING PASS AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR...ALONG DILLON ROAD BETWEEN INDIO HILLS AND WEST SLOPES OF THE LITTLE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A MILE IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * OUTLOOK...WINDS DIMINISHING LATE TONIGHT. * REPORTS...AT 1 PM... WHITE WATER RAWS...WEST NORTHWEST 35 MPH GUSTING 46 MPH. SKY VALLEY...WEST NORTHWEST 15 MPH GUSTING 30 MPH. EDOM HILL...WEST NORTHWEST 16 MPH GUSTING 25 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. && $$ BALFOUR
2 follow-up statements
661 WWUS76 KSGX 050445 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 945 PM PDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR COACHELLA VALLEY THROUGH 3 AM... .GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING TONIGHT BEFORE DECREASING LATE WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT. CAZ061-051000- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-120505T1000Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY- 945 PM PDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 3 AM SATURDAY. * LOCATION...THE BANNING PASS...AREAS EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR...ALONG DILLON ROAD BETWEEN INDIO HILLS AND WEST SLOPES OF THE LITTLE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A MILE IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * OUTLOOK...WINDS DIMINISHING LATE TONIGHT. * PEAK WIND REPORTS...WHITE WATER 53 MPH AT 4 PM. SKY VALLEY...61 MPH AT 4 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MOEDE
096 WWUS76 KSGX 051015 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 315 AM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... .ONSHORE FLOW WILL WEAKEN TODAY WITH DECREASING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY. CAZ061-051115- /O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-120505T1000Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY- 315 AM PDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... LOCALLY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BELOW THE BANNING PASS AND FOR AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 10 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH BELOW THE BANNING PASS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS MORNING. $$ 17
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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.