Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 54, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Dec 23, 2012, 4:13 AM PST for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Dec 24, 2012, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2012, 4:13 AM PST (12:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2012, 12:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2012, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 16 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 12:14 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 12:00Z, 0.2 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
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
719 WWUS76 KSGX 231213 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 413 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-232200- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0054.121224T0800Z-121225T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 413 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING LATE TONIGHT WITH STRONGEST WINDS MONDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND BLOWING DUST 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. 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. && $$ 17
5 follow-up statements
377 WWUS76 KSGX 232100 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 100 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-240500- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0054.121224T0800Z-121225T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 100 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING LATE TONIGHT WITH STRONGEST WINDS MONDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES NEAR PASSES...AND INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND BLOWING DUST AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JAD
577 WWUS76 KSGX 240315 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 715 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW AND GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-241200- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0054.121224T0800Z-121225T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 715 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH AND BELOW THE FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING LATE TONIGHT...WITH STRONGEST WINDS MONDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES NEAR PASSES...AND INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND BLOWING DUST 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. 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. && $$ PALMER
940 WWUS76 KSGX 241109 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 309 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS INTO THIS AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND INTO NEVADA WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW AND GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-242200- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-121225T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 309 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS THROUGH AND BELOW THE FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS...IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY IN AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 10...AND NEAR THE RIDGE TOPS OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS THIS MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES NEAR PASSES...AND INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS...REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND BLOWING DUST AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. * REPORTS...STRONGEST WIND GUSTS THROUGH 3 AM OF 55 MPH AT WHITEWATER IN THE NORTHWEST COACHELLA VALLEY AT 250 AM...AND 54 MPH AT VOLCAN MOUNTAIN IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AT 210 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 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 17
299 WWUS76 KSGX 242043 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1243 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW RESULTING FROM A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH NEVADA AND UTAH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE- TOPS...DESERT SLOPES AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS OF SAN DIEGO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. CAZ055-060-242145- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-121225T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 1243 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGH DESERTS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ CAZ056-058-061-062-250000- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-121225T0000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 1243 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS THROUGH AND BELOW THE FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS...IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY IN AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 10...AND NEAR THE RIDGE TOPS OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO LIGHTEN THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. * LOCATION...MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES NEAR PASSES...AND INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SAND AND BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. * REPORTS...STRONGEST WIND GUSTS THROUGH 12 PM... MOUNT LAGUNA..........71 MPH AT 700 AM. VOLCAN MOUNTAIN.......70 MPH AT 1120 AM. BURNS CANYON..........62 MPH AT 751 AM. WHITEWATER............60 MPH AT 950 AM. HARRISON PARK.........55 MPH AT 1000 AM. SKY VALLEY............55 MPH AT 1043 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HARRISON
040 WWUS76 KSGX 242355 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 355 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE REGION... CAZ056-058-061-062-250100- /O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-121225T0000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 355 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE ON THE WINDIER RIDGES AND DESERT SLOPES THROUGH 6 PM...BUT WINDS ARE RAPIDLY DECREASING MOST AREAS AND ARE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS SINCE MIDNIGHT... VOLCAN MOUNTAIN........ 70 MPH (5300 FT.) 11 AM PST SKY VALLEY............. 64 MPH (1065 FT.) 1 PM PST BURNS CANYON........... 62 MPH (6000 FT.) 7 AM PST WHITE WATER............ 60 MPH (2546 FT.) 9 AM PST HARRISON PARK.......... 57 MPH (4861 FT.) 1 PM PST LUCKY FIVE RANCH........55 MPH (4740 FT.) 1 PM PST $$ JAD
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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.