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High Wind Watch 2, NWS San Diego, CA

January 21, 20234 counties in California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind watch at Jan 21, 2023, 2:46 AM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Jan 22, 2023, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2023, 2:46 AM PST (10:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 22, 2023, 6:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 21, 2023, 1:22 PM 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 10:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Jan 20, 9:30 PM PST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 9:30 PM PST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 1:22 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego51 hr
Jan 21, 1:22 PM PSTWind AdvisorySGXOrange, Riverside51 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in California, 2023Every high wind watch in 2023

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.