Alert archive / California / High Wind Watches in 2014
High Wind Watch 13, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind watch at Dec 21, 2014, 1:55 PM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Dec 22, 2014, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2014, 1:55 PM PST (21:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2014, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2014, 3:23 AM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
Counties Orange County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
278 WWUS76 KSGX 212155 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 155 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...STRONG GUSTY SANTA WINDS MAY DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND FOR TUESDAY FOR THE COASTAL SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOR THE INLAND VALLEYS... .OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. AS THIS SURFACE-BASED HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS MONDAY NIGHT...A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DEVELOP. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. CAZ042-048-050-055>058-061-220600- /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.A.0013.141223T0600Z-141223T2200Z/ ORANGE 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-COACHELLA VALLEY- 155 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * LOCATION...STRONGEST GUSTS BELOW THE CAJON PASS...IN THE SANTA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...BELOW THE BANNING PASS....AND BELOW CUYAMACA. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. A SECONDARY...BUT WEAKER PERIOD OF WINDS WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS...DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ PALMER
2 follow-up statements
662 WWUS76 KSGX 220436 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 836 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...STRONG SANTA WINDS MAY DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY ALONG THE COASTAL SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT VALLEYS... .OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. AS THIS HIGH PRESSURE AREA STRENGTHENS MONDAY NIGHT...A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS WILL DEVELOP. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. CAZ042-048-050-055>058-061-221300- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.A.0013.141223T0600Z-141223T2200Z/ ORANGE 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-COACHELLA VALLEY- 836 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO NEAR 75 MPH POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...STRONGEST GUSTS BELOW THE CAJON PASS AND IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. OTHER AREAS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE BELOW THE BANNING PASS...AND BELOW WIND PRONE CANYONS OF THE CUYAMACA MOUNTAINS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. A SECONDARY...BUT WEAKER PERIOD OF WINDS WILL OCCUR TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS...DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ JAD
859 WWUS76 KSGX 221123 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 323 AM PST MON DEC 22 2014 ...GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY FOR THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AREAS... .GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. CAZ061-221230- /O.CAN.KSGX.HW.A.0013.141223T0600Z-141223T2200Z/ COACHELLA VALLEY- 323 AM PST MON DEC 22 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. AREAS OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FOR TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 10. $$ CAZ042-048-050-055>058-222230- /O.UPG.KSGX.HW.A.0013.141223T0600Z-141223T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0055.141223T0600Z-141224T1600Z/ ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 323 AM PST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS STRENGTHENING TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...ALONG COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AREAS. STRONGEST WINDS FOR THE COASTAL FOOTHILLS OF THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND THE COASTAL SLOPES OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...THE WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN BEGINNING THIS EVENING WITH STRONGEST WINDS FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS...DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS...AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CURRENT WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/GMAP/INDEX.PHP FOR A DETAILED MAP OF THE HAZARD: WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=SGX 17
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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.