Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 55, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2012, 2:07 AM PST for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Dec 26, 2012, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2012, 2:07 AM PST (10:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2012, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2012, 9:04 PM PST
- 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 10:07 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, 10.1 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
489 WWUS76 KSGX 251007 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 207 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WEDNESDAY... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY BRINGING STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-252200- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0055.121226T1400Z-121227T0200Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 207 AM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WINDIER LOCATIONS...ON THE NORTHEAST SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS...IN AREAS OF THE NORTHEAST COACHELLA VALLEY NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 10...AND NEAR THE RIDGE TOPS OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST WINDS MAY CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING ALONG THE DESERT SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SAN DIEGO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES. * LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. FOR THE UPPER DESERTS... MAINLY AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 15. * VISIBILITY...FOR THE DESERTS...LOCALLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN 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. 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. && $$ 17
5 follow-up statements
149 WWUS76 KSGX 252102 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 102 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WEDNESDAY... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY BRINGING STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY...AND THEN START TO SLOWLY DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE EVENING AND LATE NIGHT HOURS. CAZ058-062-260500- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0055.121226T1400Z-121227T1200Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 102 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO OCCASIONALLY 55 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS OF 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS NEAR THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE-TOPS. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SAND AND BLOWING DUST OVER THE DESERT AREAS. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HOLIDAY TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 8 MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE GUSTY WINDS. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ055-056-060-061-260500- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0055.121226T1400Z-121227T0600Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-COACHELLA VALLEY- 102 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS...SUCH AS THE NORTHEAST DESERT SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS...AND NORTHEAST COACHELLA VALLEY NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 10. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. FOR THE HIGH DESERTS...MAINLY AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 15. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SAND AND BLOWING DUST OVER THE DESERT AREAS. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE 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. && $$ HARRISON
272 WWUS76 KSGX 260439 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 839 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WEDNESDAY... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT THROUGH SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY...BRINGING STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. CAZ058-062-261300- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0055.121226T1400Z-121227T1200Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 839 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS CLOSE TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS NEAR THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE-TOPS. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGES...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...AND INTO THE ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST OVER THE DESERTS. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HOLIDAY TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 8 MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE GUSTY WINDS. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ055-056-060-061-261300- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0055.121226T1400Z-121227T0600Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-COACHELLA VALLEY- 839 PM PST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WINDIEST SPOTS...SUCH AS THE NORTHEAST DESERT SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS...AND NORTHEAST COACHELLA VALLEY...NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 10. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGES...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...AND INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. FOR THE HIGH DESERTS... MAINLY AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 15. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST OVER THE DESERTS. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE 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. && $$ JAD
419 WWUS76 KSGX 261026 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 226 AM PST WED DEC 26 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS INTO THIS EVENING... .A COLDER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. CAZ058-062-262200- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0055.121226T1400Z-121227T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 226 AM PST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS. * TIMING...WINDS STRENGTHENING THIS MORNING WITH STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...FOR THE DESERTS LOCALLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 8 MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE GUSTY WINDS. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ055-056-060-061-262200- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0055.121226T1400Z-121227T0600Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-COACHELLA VALLEY- 226 AM PST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON NORTHEAST SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AND IN NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 10. * TIMING...WINDS STRENGTHENING THIS MORNING WITH STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. * LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. FOR THE HIGH DESERTS... STRONGEST WINDS FOR AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 15. * VISIBILITY...FOR THE DESERTS LOCALLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. * 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. && $$ CURRENT WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/GMAP/INDEX.PHP MAX DAILY WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/KML/WIND.PHP?WFO=SGX 17
352 WWUS76 KSGX 262124 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 124 PM PST WED DEC 26 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS INTO THIS EVENING... .WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-270600- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-121227T0600Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 124 PM PST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS. * TIMING...WINDS PEAKING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN SLOWLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. * LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST IN THE DESERTS. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 8 MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE GUSTY WINDS. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HARRISON
192 WWUS76 KSGX 270504 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 904 PM PST WED DEC 26 2012 CAZ055-056-058-060>062-270615- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-121227T0600Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 904 PM PST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE WINDIER RIDGES AND DESERT SLOPES THROUGH 10 PM...BUT WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER MOST OF THE AREA SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS SINCE MIDNIGHT... VOLCAN MOUNTAIN........ 57 MPH (5300 FT.) 5 PM PST SKY VALLEY............. 64 MPH (1065 FT.) 6 PM PST BURNS CANYON........... 56 MPH (6000 FT.) 3 AM PST WHITE WATER............ 54 MPH (2546 FT.) 6 PM PST HARRISON PARK.......... 53 MPH (4861 FT.) 9 PM PST $$ JAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 8:24 AM PST | Gale Watch | SGX | 4 hr | |
| Dec 25, 8:24 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SGX | 61 hr | |
| Dec 25, 8:24 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SGX | 44 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in California, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.