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High Wind Watch 7, NWS San Diego, CA

March 19, 20234 counties in California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind watch at Mar 19, 2023, 3:00 AM PDT for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Mar 21, 2023, 7:00 AM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2023, 3:00 AM PDT (10:00 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 21, 2023, 7:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 20, 2023, 4:45 AM PDT
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 09:59 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 Mar 19, 2:50 AM PDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 2:50 AM PDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 7:38 AM PDTGale WatchSGX26 hr
Mar 19, 1:26 PM PDTWinter Storm WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego16 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.