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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Phoenix, AZ

May 14, 2026Imperial County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this wind advisory at May 14, 2026, 11:04 AM PDT for Imperial County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at May 16, 2026, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2026, 11:04 AM PDT (18:04 UTC)
In effect from
May 16, 2026, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired
May 18, 2026, 8:32 AM PDT
In force
43 hr
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ

Counties Imperial County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2026-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2026-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.