Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2012

Wind Advisory 9, NWS Sacramento, CA

March 16, 2012

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 16, 2012, 4:35 PM PDT. It took effect at Mar 16, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2012, 4:35 PM PDT (23:35 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2012, 9:53 PM PDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Sacramento, CA

The text

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

626 
WWUS76 KSTO 162335
NPWSTO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
435 PM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...WINDY THIS EVENING OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...

.ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM IS IMPACTING INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
AND WILL MOVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT AND WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING BEFORE
DECREASING LATER TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

CAZ013>015-063-066-170600-
/O.NEW.KSTO.WI.Y.0009.120317T0000Z-120317T0600Z/
SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDDING...ALDER SPRINGS...PARADISE
435 PM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
  POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH
  WINDS DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ALDER SPRINGS...REDDING...REDBLUFF...PARADISE

* IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND CAN
  DOWN TREE LIMBS WHICH MAY LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OR GREATER. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
314 
WWUS76 KSTO 170453
NPWSTO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
953 PM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012


CAZ013>015-063-066-170600-
/O.CAN.KSTO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120317T0600Z/
SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDDING...ALDER SPRINGS...PARADISE
953 PM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

WINDS SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW CRITERIA AND THUS THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY.



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 2:45 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySTOAmador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada and 6 more18 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.