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Wind Advisory 21, NWS San Diego, CA

March 16, 2014San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 16, 2014, 2:43 AM PDT for San Diego County, California. It took effect at Mar 16, 2014, 7:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2014, 2:43 AM PDT (09:43 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2014, 7:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2014, 1:57 PM PDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

County San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2014-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2014-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

621 
WWUS76 KSGX 160943
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
243 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...GUSTY EAST WINDS FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND INLAND
VALLEYS FOR THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...

.SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING GUSTY EAST
WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND INLAND VALLEYS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOR
THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

CAZ050-058-162100-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140317T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.140316T1400Z-140316T2100Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
243 AM PDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM PDT
THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND INLAND VALLEYS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM PDT
THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 45 MPH. 

* TIMING...INCREASING AFTER SUNRISE AND CONTINUING THROUGH LATE
  MORNING...THEN DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN 
  TREE LIMBS AND OTHER DEBRIS. 

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

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1 follow-up statement
963 
WWUS76 KSGX 162057
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
157 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...DECREASING NORTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...

CAZ050-058-162200-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140316T2100Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
157 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE SURFACE HIGH OVER THE PLATEAU HAS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST...AND
THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE...SO THE WIND
ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. 

$$

SMALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 6:55 PM PDTWind AdvisorySGXSan Diego8 hr
Mar 16, 1:50 AM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasSGX24 hr

Nearby

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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.