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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Phoenix, AZ

February 18, 2026Imperial County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2026, 11:53 PM PST for Imperial County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Feb 19, 2026, 3:00 PM PST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2026, 11:53 PM PST (07:53 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2026, 3:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 20, 2026, 7:00 AM PST
In force
16 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 07:53 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 wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Feb 18, 9:20 PM PST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 9:20 PM PST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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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.