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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Sacramento, CA

December 23, 2012

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this wind advisory at Dec 23, 2012, 11:17 AM PST. It took effect at Dec 23, 2012, 2:00 PM PST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2012, 11:17 AM PST (19:17 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2012, 2:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 23, 2012, 6:00 PM PST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Sacramento, CA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

063 
WWUS76 KSTO 231917
NPWSTO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1117 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND SIERRA
FOOTHILLS...

.CONDITONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE WINDY TODAY AS THE NEXT PACIFIC
FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. EXPECT STRONG WINDS FROM
THE SOUTHEAST TO PEAK IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS AS THIS NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INLAND. LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS
SURFACING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 PM. THE WINDS SHOULD DECREASE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

CAZ015>017-240000-
/O.UPG.KSTO.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-121224T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KSTO.HW.W.0001.121223T1917Z-121223T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KSTO.WI.Y.0024.121223T2200Z-121224T0000Z/
NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDDING...CHICO
1117 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
REPLACES THE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 2 PM. THE WIND ADVISORY
WILL CONTINUE FROM 2 PM TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.


* WINDS: SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 50 MPH...EXCEPT
  OVER THE EAST SIDE OF THE VALLEY THROUGH 2 PM WINDS AT TIMES ARE
  EXPECTED TO SURFACE THAT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WITH
  GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH.

* TIMING: THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: STOCKTON...MODESTO...SACRAMENTO...CHICO 
   ...REDDING...LAKEPORT.

* IMPACTS: BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND DOWNED TREES AND FENCES. POWER
  OUTAGES LIKELY...VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND BLOWING DEBRIS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED AND OR WIND GUSTS 40 MPH OR MORE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ018-019-064-066-067-240000-
/O.CON.KSTO.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-121224T0000Z/
CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STOCKTON...MODESTO...LAKEPORT...
PARADISE...GRASS VALLEY
1117 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY 
  STRONGER SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE 
  THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. FOR THE FOOTHILLS THE STRONGER WINDS 
  WILL BE OVER RIDGES AND EXPOSE AREAS. 

* TIMING: THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: STOCKTON...MODESTO...SACRAMENTO...CHICO 
   ...REDDING...LAKEPORT.

* IMPACTS: BROKEN TREE BRANCHES. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES... 
  DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES AND BLOWING DEBRIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GREATER. USE EXTRA CAUTION
TODAY ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
571 
WWUS76 KSTO 232204
NPWSTO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
204 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY TAPER THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON 
AND EVENING...

.CONDITONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE WINDY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON HOURS BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE INTO THE
EVENING.


CAZ015>017-240200-
/O.EXP.KSTO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121223T2200Z/
/O.EXT.KSTO.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121224T0200Z/
NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDDING...CHICO
204 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: STOCKTON...MODESTO...SACRAMENTO...CHICO 
  REDDING...LAKEPORT....

* IMPACTS: BROKEN TREE BRANCHES. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES... 
  DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES AND BLOWING DEBRIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED
AND OR WIND GUSTS 40 MPH OR MORE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ018-232315-
/O.CAN.KSTO.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-121224T0000Z/
CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-
204 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE DELTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE DELTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS HAVE
DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY INTO THE
EVENING HOURS.

$$

CAZ019-064-066-067-240200-
/O.EXT.KSTO.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-121224T0200Z/
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STOCKTON...MODESTO...LAKEPORT...
PARADISE...GRASS VALLEY
204 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. FOR THE
  FOOTHILLS THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE OVER RIDGES AND EXPOSE
  AREAS.

* TIMING: THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: STOCKTON...MODESTO...SACRAMENTO...CHICO 
  REDDING...LAKEPORT....

* IMPACTS: BROKEN TREE BRANCHES. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES... 
  DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES AND BLOWING DEBRIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GREATER. USE EXTRA CAUTION
TODAY ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
836 
WWUS76 KSTO 240214
NPWSTO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
614 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

CAZ019-064-066-067-240315-
/O.EXP.KSTO.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-121224T0200Z/
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STOCKTON...MODESTO...LAKEPORT...
PARADISE...GRASS VALLEY
614 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS EXPIRED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

CAZ015>017-240315-
/O.EXP.KSTO.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121224T0200Z/
NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDDING...CHICO
614 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS EXPIRED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sacramento, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 22, 4:32 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSTOButte43 min
Dec 22, 6:07 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSTOCalaveras38 min
Dec 23, 11:17 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSTO3 hr
Dec 23, 3:43 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementSTOTehama62 min

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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.