Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 6, 2016, 12:58 PM PST for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Mar 7, 2016, 8:00 AM PST. It was in force for 17 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2016, 12:58 PM PST (20:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2016, 8:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2016, 1:20 AM PST
- 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 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
369 WWUS46 KSGX 062058 WSWSGX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1258 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR AND HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY MORNING AND END LATE MONDAY NIGHT. CAZ055-056-058-070600- /O.NEW.KSGX.WS.W.0003.160307T1600Z-160308T1100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG BEAR CITY... BIG BEAR LAKE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...RUNNING SPRINGS...WRIGHTWOOD 1258 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO 3 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO 3 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...STARTING AROUND 5000 FEET ON MONDAY MORNING... FALLING TO 4500 TO 5000 FEET BY LATE AFTERNOON AND 4000 TO 4500 FEET MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING AFTER SUNRISE ON MONDAY AND CONTINUING OFF AND ON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...HIGHLY VARIABLE...BUT GENERALLY 4 TO 8 INCHES NEAR AND ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES OR MORE ON THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE AS LOW AS 4500 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. STRONGER WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY OVER THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...AND FOG. * IMPACTS...CHAIN CONTROL IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN SOME AREAS OF THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * OUTLOOK...THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL WIND DOWN LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND END BY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST AND MAY MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JAD
5 follow-up statements
394 WWUS46 KSGX 070502 WSWSGX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 902 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY MORNING AND END LATE MONDAY NIGHT. CAZ055-056-058-071400- /O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0003.160307T1600Z-160308T1100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG BEAR CITY... BIG BEAR LAKE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...RUNNING SPRINGS...WRIGHTWOOD 902 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO 3 AM PST TUESDAY... * SNOW LEVELS...STARTING AROUND 5500 FEET ON MONDAY MORNING...FALLING TO 4500 TO 5000 FEET BY LATE AFTERNOON AND 4000 TO 4500 FEET MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING AFTER SUNRISE ON MONDAY AND CONTINUING OFF AND ON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...HIGHLY VARIABLE...BUT GENERALLY 4 TO 8 INCHES NEAR AND ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES OR MORE ON THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE AS LOW AS 4500 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. STRONGER WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY OVER THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...AND FOG. * IMPACTS...CHAIN CONTROL IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN SOME AREAS OF THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * OUTLOOK...THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL WIND DOWN LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND END BY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST AND MAY MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
165 WWUS46 KSGX 071026 WSWSGX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 226 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS INTO TONIGHT... .A COLD PACIFIC STORM FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY AND INTO BAJA TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING...DECREASING TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. CAZ055-056-058-072230- /O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0003.160307T1600Z-160308T1100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG BEAR CITY... BIG BEAR LAKE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...RUNNING SPRINGS...WRIGHTWOOD 226 AM PST MON MAR 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM PST TUESDAY... * SNOW LEVELS...AROUND 5500 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING...LOWERING TO AROUND 4500 FEET TODAY...AND 4000 FEET TONIGHT. * TIMING...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING DURING THE MORNING CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...DECREASING TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ABOVE 5500 FEET WITH LOCALLY 12 TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. A FEW INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE DOWN TO AROUND 4500 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH....BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND FOG. * IMPACTS...RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS INTO THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. IF POSSIBLE...CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST AND MAY MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ FOR A DETAILED MAP OF THE HAZARD: WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=SGX 17
506 WWUS46 KSGX 072213 WSWSGX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 213 PM PST MON MAR 7 2016 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS INTO TONIGHT... .SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING... DECREASING TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. CAZ055-056-058-080600- /O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160308T1100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG BEAR CITY... BIG BEAR LAKE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...RUNNING SPRINGS...WRIGHTWOOD 213 PM PST MON MAR 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY... * SNOW LEVELS...AROUND 4500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...AND AS LOW AS 3500 FEET TONIGHT. * TIMING...SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING MORE ISOLATED THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES 3500 TO 4500 FT...3 TO 6 INCHES 4500 TO 6000 FT...6 TO 10 INCHES...LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FT. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND FOG. * IMPACTS...RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS INTO THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. IF POSSIBLE...CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST AND MAY MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JJT
142 WWUS46 KSGX 080411 WSWSGX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 811 PM PST MON MAR 7 2016 ...SNOW SHOWERS SHIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WITH THE EMPHASIS SHIFTING TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THE GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SHIFT TO THE NORTH...BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY OVER THE RIDGES AND ALONG THE COASTAL SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW WILL END BY SUNUP ON TUESDAY. CAZ055-056-058-081100- /O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160308T1100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG BEAR CITY... BIG BEAR LAKE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...RUNNING SPRINGS...WRIGHTWOOD 811 PM PST MON MAR 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY... * SNOW LEVELS...NEAR 4000 FEET AND LOCALLY LOWER IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. * TIMING...DECREASING THIS EVENING OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...BUT CONTINUING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 3500 FEET...MAINLY SAN DIEGO COUNTY. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY...BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAIN AREAS...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND FOG. * IMPACTS...RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS INTO THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF POSSIBLE...CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST AND MAY MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JAD
758 WWUS46 KSGX 080920 WSWSGX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 120 AM PST TUE MAR 8 2016 ...THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5500 FEET HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST MEXICO AND IS CONTINUING TO MOVE TO THE EAST. SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS HAVE MOSTLY ENDED WITH A FEW FLURRIES POSSIBLE THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CAZ055-056-058-081030- /O.CAN.KSGX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160308T1100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 120 AM PST TUE MAR 8 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW SHOWERS HAVE MOSTLY ENDED WITH A FEW FLURRIES POSSIBLE THE NEXT FEW HOURS. $$ 17
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 8:19 PM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 64 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:19 PM PST | High Surf Warning | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 53 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:10 PM PST | Gale Watch | SGX | 12 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.