Alert archive / California / Gale Watches in 2013
Gale Watch 3, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this gale watch at Feb 18, 2013, 4:56 AM PST. It took effect at Feb 19, 2013, 8:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2013, 4:56 AM PST (12:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2013, 8:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2013, 1:23 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Feb 18, 4:35 AM PST, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 4:35 AM PST, 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 4:00 AM PST, 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 400 AM PST MON FEB 18 2013 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-PZZ750-775-190030- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER AND OUT 30 NM-WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO 60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND- 400 AM PST MON FEB 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG ALONG HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE COASTAL BASIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA IS EXPECTED TO BRING MODERATE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS...LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LOW SNOW LEVELS...AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR TUESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. WINTER STORM CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE PASSES AND ONTO THE DESERT SLOPES. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...BLOWING DUST...STRONG CROSS-WINDS...AND SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY ROADS POSE A HIGH RISK OF HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN OUR MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WEATHER CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING FOR UNPREPARED CAMPERS AND HIKERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. MM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 18, 4:32 AM PST, 24 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:20 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 57 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:20 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 55 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:29 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 58 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:29 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 63 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:23 PM PST | Gale Warning | SGX | 55 hr | |
| Feb 18, 1:53 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 60 hr |
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