Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 4, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Feb 21, 2015, 1:15 PM PST for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Feb 21, 2015, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2015, 1:15 PM PST (21:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2015, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2015, 3:28 AM PST
- In force
- 8 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 21:19 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 12:00Z, 9.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
692 WWUS76 KSGX 212115 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 115 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE DESERTS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE JUST NORTH OF THE AREA WILL LIKELY RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE DESERTS TONIGHT THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLIER OVER THE HIGH DESERTS...LIKELY BY MID-MORNING SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE OVERALL WEAKER LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. CAZ062-065-220600- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0004.150222T0300Z-150223T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING- 115 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND LOCAL 60 MPH GUSTS. * TIMING...WINDS STRENGTHENING TONIGHT...PEAKING OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THROUGH THE SAN GORGONIO PASS AND THE NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY...AND THE WIND-FAVORED PORTIONS OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS. INTERSTATES 10 AND 8 LIKELY IMPACTED. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ CAZ060-220600- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0004.150222T0300Z-150222T1200Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 115 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS STRENGTHENING THIS EVENING...PEAKING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND DIMINISHING SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...PORTIONS OF THE HIGH DESERTS...INCLUDING APPLE VALLEY...HESPERIA AND VICTORVILLE. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HARRISON
3 follow-up statements
786 WWUS76 KSGX 212135 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 135 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE DESERTS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE JUST NORTH OF THE AREA WILL LIKELY RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE DESERT SLOPES AND DESERTS TONIGHT THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLIER OVER THE HIGH DESERTS...LIKELY BY MID-MORNING SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE OVERALL WEAKER LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. CAZ058-220600- /O.EXA.KSGX.WI.Y.0004.150222T0300Z-150223T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 135 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND LOCAL 60 MPH GUSTS. * TIMING...WINDS STRENGTHENING TONIGHT...PEAKING OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALONG MOUNTAIN RIDGE-TOPS AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES. INTERSTATE 8 LIKELY IMPACTED. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ CAZ062-065-220600- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0004.150222T0300Z-150223T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING- 135 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND LOCAL 60 MPH GUSTS. * TIMING...WINDS STRENGTHENING TONIGHT...PEAKING OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THROUGH THE SAN GORGONIO PASS AND THE NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY...AND THE WIND-FAVORED PORTIONS OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS. INTERSTATES 10 AND 8 LIKELY IMPACTED. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ060-220600- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0004.150222T0300Z-150222T1200Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 135 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS STRENGTHENING THIS EVENING...PEAKING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND DIMINISHING SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...PORTIONS OF THE HIGH DESERTS...INCLUDING APPLE VALLEY...HESPERIA AND VICTORVILLE. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ HARRISON
806 WWUS76 KSGX 220559 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 959 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE DESERTS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE JUST NORTH OF THE AREA WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE DESERT SLOPES AND DESERTS TONIGHT THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH A LITTLE EARLIER OVER THE HIGH DESERTS...MOSTLY BY EARLY- MORNING SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE OVERALL WEAKER LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. CAZ058-062-065-221400- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150223T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING- 959 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND LOCAL 60 MPH GUSTS. * TIMING...WINDS STRENGTHENING TONIGHT...PEAKING OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THROUGH THE SAN GORGONIO PASS AND THE NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY...AND THE WIND-FAVORED PORTIONS OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS. INTERSTATES 10 AND 8 LIKELY IMPACTED. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ060-221200- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150222T1200Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 959 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS STRENGTHENING THIS EVENING...PEAKING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND DIMINISHING SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...PORTIONS OF THE HIGH DESERTS...INCLUDING APPLE VALLEY...HESPERIA AND VICTORVILLE. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ HARRISON/MAXWELL
125 WWUS76 KSGX 221128 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 328 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2015 ...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM NORTH OF THE REGION WILL RESULT IN STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES AND LOCALLY INTO THE DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAZ058-062-065-222000- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150223T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0005.150222T1200Z-150223T0600Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING- 328 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCAL 60 MPH GUSTS ARE LIKELY IN THE MOST WIND PRONE AREAS. * TIMING...PEAKING THIS MORNING...AND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THROUGH THE SAN GORGONIO PASS AND THE NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY...AND THE WIND-FAVORED PORTIONS OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS. INTERSTATES 10 AND 8 LIKELY IMPACTED. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY BLOWING DUST. * REPORTS...STRONGEST WIND GUSTS SINCE MIDNIGHT..... MOUNTAIN SPRINGS GRADE....65 MPH WHITEWATER WEST...........64 MPH EDOM HILL.................60 MPH HARRISON PARK.............56 MPH VOLCAN MOUNTAIN...........53 MPH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ060-221230- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150222T1200Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 328 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ JAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 1:16 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 13 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in California, 2015Every wind advisory in 2015
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.