Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 41, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Jun 22, 2012, 7:52 AM PDT for Riverside County, California. It took effect at Jun 22, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2012, 7:52 AM PDT (14:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 22, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2012, 10:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 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 14:51 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, 2.9 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
- 1431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
614 WWUS76 KSGX 221452 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 752 AM PDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BETWEEN THE BANNING PASS AND DESERT HOT SPRINGS FOR WINDS GUSTING 45 TO NEAR 60 MPH... .THE TROUGH MOVING INLAND TO THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CREATE STRONG ONSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS...RESULTING IN STRONGER THAN NORMAL WINDS THROUGH AND TO THE EAST OF THE BANNING PASS. CAZ061-222300- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0041.120622T2100Z-120623T0500Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY- 752 AM PDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO NEAR 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING AFTER 10 PM TONIGHT. STRONGEST WIND GUSTS EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. * LOCATION...FROM BANNING PASS EAST TO DESERT HOT SPRINGS AND AREAS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND THE LITTLE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF VISIBILITY BELOW 1 MILE IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DEBRIS AND SAND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO WINDSHIELDS AND SIGNS. * OUTLOOK...WIND GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. * REPORTS...650 AM WHITEWATER RAWS...WIND W 28 MPH GUSTS 47 MPH. 705 AM EDOM HILL...WIND NW 28 MPH GUSTS 40 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. && $$ BALFOUR
2 follow-up statements
857 WWUS76 KSGX 222006 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 106 PM PDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BETWEEN THE BANNING PASS AND DESERT HOT SPRINGS FOR WINDS GUSTING 45 TO NEAR 60 MPH... .WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ALREADY BEING OBSERVED. WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...THEN DIMINISH AFTER 10 PM. MAIN IMPACT AREA IS THROUGH AND TO THE EAST OF THE BANNING PASS. CAZ061-230500- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0041.120622T2100Z-120623T0500Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY- 106 PM PDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO NEAR 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING AFTER 10 PM TONIGHT. STRONGEST WIND GUSTS EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. * LOCATION...FROM BANNING PASS EAST TO DESERT HOT SPRINGS AND AREAS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND THE LITTLE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF VISIBILITY BELOW 1 MILE IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DEBRIS AND SAND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO WINDSHIELDS AND SIGNS. * OUTLOOK...WIND GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. * REPORTS...1250 PM WHITEWATER RAWS...WIND W 28 MPH GUSTS 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BALFOUR
562 WWUS76 KSGX 230453 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 953 PM PDT FRI JUN 22 2012 CAZ061-230600- /O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-120623T0500Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY- 953 PM PDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. LOCAL WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN THE FAR NORTH PARTS OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY OVERNIGHT...BUT MOST PARTS OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS. $$ MAXWELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:36 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SGX | 29 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.