Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 27, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Apr 30, 2016, 4:55 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Apr 30, 2016, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2016, 4:55 AM PDT (11:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 30, 2016, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 2:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
Counties Riverside County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
227 WWUS76 KSGX 301155 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 455 AM PDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO WESTERN ARIZONA WILL MAINTAIN STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW AND GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES THIS MORNING...DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. CAZ056-058-062-065-302100- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-160430T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.160430T1200Z-160430T2100Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING- 455 AM PDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...AND IN THE NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY BELOW THE SAN GORGONIO PASS. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ CAZ055-060-301300- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-160430T1200Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 455 AM PDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS MORNING WITH MOST GUSTS 35 MPH OR LESS. $$ 17
1 follow-up statement
499 WWUS76 KSGX 302046 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 146 PM PDT SAT APR 30 2016 CAZ056-058-062-065-302200- /O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-160430T2100Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING- 146 PM PDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS HAVE WEAKENED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...SO THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH MAY STILL OCCUR AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. $$ HARRISON
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 6:35 PM PDT | Beach Hazards Statement | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 50 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.