Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 21, NWS San Diego, CA
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.
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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.
- 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
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. && $$ CURRENT WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/GMAP/INDEX.PHP FOR A DETAILED MAP OF THE HAZARD: WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=SGX 17
1 follow-up statement
963 WWUS76 KSGX 162057 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 157 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...DECREASING NORTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... CAZ050-058-162200- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140316T2100Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 157 PM PDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE SURFACE HIGH OVER THE PLATEAU HAS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST...AND THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE...SO THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ SMALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 6:55 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | SGX | San Diego | 8 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:50 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SGX | 24 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.