Alert archive / California / High Wind Watches in 2016
High Wind Watch 2, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind watch at Feb 6, 2016, 12:59 PM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Feb 7, 2016, 2:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2016, 12:59 PM PST (20:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2016, 2:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2016, 3:13 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 20:56 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, 9.0 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
- 3355 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
807 WWUS76 KSGX 062059 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1259 PM PST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS NEAR AND BELOW THE CAJON AND SAN GORGONIO PASSES...THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND COASTAL FOOTHILLS...THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND FOOTHILLS... .BUILDING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL GENERATE MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. SANTA ANA WIND-PRONE PASSES AND CANYONS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HIGHEST GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR MORE. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. CAZ048-050-055>058-065-554-070500- /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.A.0002.160207T2200Z-160208T2200Z/ 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-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING- ORANGE COUNTY INLAND AREAS- 1259 PM PST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...PEAKING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...THEN WEAKENING INTO TUESDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND FOOTHILLS AND BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE A POTENTIAL HAZARD FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS . * OUTLOOK...WINDS OF ADVISORY STRENGTH MAY DEVELOP EARLIER ON SUNDAY IN SOME WIND-PRONE AREAS AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. 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
2 follow-up statements
017 WWUS76 KSGX 070450 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 850 PM PST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS NEAR AND BELOW THE CAJON AND SAN GORGONIO PASSES...THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND COASTAL FOOTHILLS...THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND FOOTHILLS... .BUILDING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL GENERATE MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. SANTA ANA WIND- PRONE PASSES AND CANYONS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HIGHEST GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR MORE. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE STRONG WINDS ARE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE INLAND EMPIRE BELOW THE CAJON PASS AND IN INLAND ORANGE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. CAZ048-050-055>058-065-554-071300- /O.CON.KSGX.HW.A.0002.160207T2200Z-160208T2200Z/ 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-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING- ORANGE COUNTY INLAND AREAS- 850 PM PST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...PEAKING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...THEN WEAKENING INTO TUESDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND FOOTHILLS AND BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE A POTENTIAL HAZARD FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS . * OUTLOOK...WINDS OF ADVISORY STRENGTH MAY DEVELOP EARLIER ON SUNDAY IN SOME WIND-PRONE AREAS AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ MAXWELL
039 WWUS76 KSGX 071113 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 313 AM PST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS NEAR AND BELOW THE CAJON AND SAN GORGONIO PASSES...THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND COASTAL FOOTHILLS...AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND FOOTHILLS... .BUILDING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. WIND-PRONE PASSES AND CANYONS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HIGHEST GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR MORE. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE STRONG WINDS ARE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE INLAND EMPIRE BELOW THE CAJON PASS AND IN INLAND ORANGE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. CAZ048-055>057-065-554-080000- /O.UPG.KSGX.HW.A.0002.160207T2200Z-160208T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0002.160207T2100Z-160209T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING- ORANGE COUNTY INLAND AREAS- 313 AM PST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 65 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THROUGH TODAY...PEAKING EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN WEAKENING INTO TUESDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND FOOTHILLS AND BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE A POTENTIAL HAZARD FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND OTHER DEBRIS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * OUTLOOK...WINDS OF ADVISORY STRENGTH MAY DEVELOP EARLIER TODAY IN SOME WIND-PRONE AREAS AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ CAZ050-058-080000- /O.UPG.KSGX.HW.A.0002.160207T2200Z-160208T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0010.160207T2100Z-160209T0000Z/ SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 313 AM PST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THROUGH TODAY...PEAKING EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN WEAKENING INTO TUESDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND FOOTHILLS...AND BELOW FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE A POTENTIAL HAZARD FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND OTHER DEBRIS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * OUTLOOK...WINDS OF ADVISORY STRENGTH MAY DEVELOP EARLIER TODAY IN SOME WIND-PRONE AREAS AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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.