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Wind Advisory 33, NWS San Diego, CA

April 21, 2014Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2014, 1:20 PM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Apr 22, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2014, 1:20 PM PDT (20:20 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 22, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Apr 23, 2014, 4:00 AM PDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 12:00Z on 2014-04-21Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2014-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1319 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-55 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.

669 
WWUS76 KSGX 212020
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
120 PM PDT MON APR 21 2014

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND ACROSS CALIFORNIA WILL
BRING PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-220500-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0033.140422T1800Z-140423T1500Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
120 PM PDT MON APR 21 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. LOCAL
  GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

* TIMING...WINDS INCREASING TUESDAY MORNING...PEAKING TUESDAY
  EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* LOCATION...STRONGEST NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND ON ADJACENT
  DESERT SLOPES.

* VISIBILITY...REDUCED AT TIMES BY BLOWING DUST AND SAND IN THE
  DESERTS.

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

* OUTLOOK...WINDS WEAKEN LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
707 
WWUS76 KSGX 220431
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
931 PM PDT MON APR 21 2014

...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND ACROSS CALIFORNIA WILL
BRING PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-221300-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0033.140422T1800Z-140423T1500Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
931 PM PDT MON APR 21 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS
  TO 60 MPH NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND
  INTERSTATE 8 IN FAR SOUTHEASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

* TIMING...WINDS INCREASING TUESDAY MORNING...PEAKING TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* LOCATION...STRONGEST NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND ON ADJACENT
  DESERT SLOPES...AND BELOW THE BANNING PASS IN THE NORTHERN
  COACHELLA VALLEY.

* VISIBILITY...REDUCED AT TIMES BY BLOWING DUST AND SAND IN THE 
  DESERTS. 

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

* OUTLOOK...WINDS WEAKEN LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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.

&&

$$

SS
342 
WWUS76 KSGX 220931
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
231 AM PDT TUE APR 22 2014

...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR
LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INLAND THROUGH CALIFORNIA WILL
BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WEST
WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-222100-
/O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0033.140422T1800Z-140423T1100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
231 AM PDT TUE APR 22 2014

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
4 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 55 MPH. ISOLATED STRONGER GUSTS.

* TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THIS MORNING WITH STRONGEST AND MOST
  WIDESPREAD WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...THEN
  SUBSIDING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* LOCATION...STRONGEST NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND ON ADJACENT 
  DESERT SLOPES...AND BELOW THE BANNING PASS IN THE NORTHERN 
  COACHELLA VALLEY.

* VISIBILITY...REDUCED AT TIMES BY BLOWING SAND AND DUST IN THE
  DESERTS.

* 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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965 
WWUS76 KSGX 221937
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1237 PM PDT TUE APR 22 2014

...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND ACROSS CALIFORNIA THIS
EVENING WILL BRING STRONG...GUSTY WEST WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-230400-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-140423T1100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
1237 PM PDT TUE APR 22 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 55 MPH. ISOLATED STRONGER GUSTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
  NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY.

* LOCATION...STRONGEST NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND ON ADJACENT
  DESERT SLOPES...AND BELOW THE BANNING PASS IN THE NORTHERN
  COACHELLA VALLEY. MAJOR ROADS AFFECTED BY THESE STRONG WINDS
  INCLUDE I-10 THROUGH THE SAN GORGONIO PASS AND THE I-8 CORRIDOR
  THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

* VISIBILITY...REDUCED AT TIMES BY BLOWING SAND AND DUST IN THE
  HIGH DESERTS...THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
  DESERTS.

* 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

MOEDE
711 
WWUS76 KSGX 230310
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
810 PM PDT TUE APR 22 2014

...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-231100-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-140423T1100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
810 PM PDT TUE APR 22 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH
  GUSTS TO 55 MPH. ISOLATED STRONGER GUSTS IN THE NORTHERN
  COACHELLA VALLEY.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* LOCATION...STRONGEST NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND ON ADJACENT 
  DESERT SLOPES...AND BELOW THE BANNING PASS IN THE NORTHERN 
  COACHELLA VALLEY. MAJOR ROADS AFFECTED BY THESE STRONG WINDS 
  INCLUDE I-10 THROUGH THE SAN GORGONIO PASS AND THE I-8 
  CORRIDOR THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. 

* VISIBILITY...REDUCED AT TIMES BY BLOWING SAND AND DUST IN THE 
  HIGH DESERTS...THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY 
  DESERTS. 

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

* REPORTS...SKY VALLEY GUSTED TO 71 MPH AT 4 PM. EDOM HILL GUSTED
  TO 61 MPH AT 5 MPH. VOLCAN MOUNTAIN RAWS GUSTED TO 51 MPH AT 6
  PM. WHITE WATER RAWS GUSTED TO 47 MPH AT 1 PM. HARRISON PARK
  GUSTED TO 46 MPH AT 3 PM.

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.

&&

$$

PALMER
423 
WWUS76 KSGX 231044
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
344 AM PDT WED APR 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY EXPIRED...

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-231145-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-140423T1100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
344 AM PDT WED APR 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 3:03 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisorySGX55 hr

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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.