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Wind Advisory 1, NWS San Diego, CA

January 6, 2016Orange County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Jan 6, 2016, 4:05 AM PST for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Jan 6, 2016, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 2016, 4:05 AM PST (12:05 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 6, 2016, 12:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 6, 2016, 6:00 PM PST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Orange County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 2016-01-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-01-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

991 
WWUS76 KSGX 061205
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
405 AM PST WED JAN 6 2016

...STRONG GUST WINDS NEAR THE COAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE NEXT IN THE SERIES OF PACIFIC STORMS WILL BRING A PERIOD OF
STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR THE COAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

CAZ043-552-062130-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0001.160106T2000Z-160107T0200Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
405 AM PST WED JAN 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS...AREAS OF SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
  MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
  SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND WATCH FOR DOWNED PALM FRONDS.

* OUTLOOK...ANOTHER BRIEFER ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS IS
  POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
489 
WWUS76 KSGX 062216
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
216 PM PST WED JAN 6 2016

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING NEAR THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE NEXT IN THE SERIES OF PACIFIC STORMS WILL BRING A PERIOD OF
STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR THE COAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

CAZ043-552-070200-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160107T0200Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
216 PM PST WED JAN 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...AREAS OF SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 
  MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
  SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND WATCH FOR DOWNED PALM FRONDS. 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 4:11 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego3 hr
Jan 5, 6:46 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Diego4 hr
Jan 5, 8:28 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSGXSan Diego9 hr
Jan 6, 4:28 AM PSTFlash Flood WatchSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego32 hr
Jan 6, 10:36 AM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGXOrange, San Diego15 hr
Jan 6, 10:36 AM PSTHigh Surf WarningSGXOrange, San Diego59 hr
Jan 6, 12:00 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSGXSan Diego29 hr
Jan 6, 12:10 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXOrange5 hr
Jan 6, 12:35 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSGX55 min
Jan 6, 12:40 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino6 hr
Jan 6, 12:45 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSGX45 min
Jan 6, 12:46 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino44 min
Jan 6, 1:04 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Diego56 min
Jan 6, 1:23 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSGX37 min
Jan 6, 1:30 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSGX45 min
Jan 6, 1:34 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego3 hr
Jan 6, 1:50 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSGX40 min
Jan 6, 2:09 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSGX96 min
Jan 6, 2:23 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego52 min
Jan 6, 2:45 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSGX60 min
Jan 6, 2:54 PM PSTTornado WarningSGXSan Diego20 min
Jan 6, 2:56 PM PSTTornado WarningSGXSan Diego19 min
Jan 6, 3:12 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningSGXSan Diego3 hr
Jan 6, 3:19 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego43 min
Jan 6, 3:50 PM PSTSpecial Marine WarningSGX85 min

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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.