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High Wind Watch 2, NWS San Diego, CA

January 30, 20244 counties in California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this high wind watch at Jan 30, 2024, 1:33 PM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Feb 1, 2024, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2024, 1:33 PM PST (21:33 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 1, 2024, 4:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 31, 2024, 2:18 AM 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 21:36 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 30, 9:37 AM PST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 9:37 AM PST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 1:14 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisorySGXOrange, San Diego4 days
Jan 30, 1:15 PM PSTGale WatchSGX23 hr
Jan 30, 1:32 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino13 hr
Jan 30, 1:46 PM PSTFlood WatchSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego68 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.