A semi-tractor trailer truck was blown over on State Road 60 near Pedley. Gusts to 60 mph were measured at the Rialto Airport.
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A semi-tractor trailer truck was blown over on State Road 60 near Pedley. Gusts to 60 mph were measured at the Rialto Airport.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jan 10, 9:30 AM PST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
930 AM PST THU JAN 10 2002
.SYNOPSIS...THE MARINE LAYER CONTINUES TO DECREASE AS OFFSHORE FLOW
DEVELOPS. THE SANTA ANA WINDS WILL CONTINUE MOST AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA TODAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...DECREASING A LITTLE SATURDAY. IT WILL BE RATHER WARM MAINLY
WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL
DECREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS TO THE EAST.
.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LOW CONTINUES OVER MEXICO...WITH HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING OVER THE PLATEAU. THUS FAR IT HAS GENERATED WIND GUSTS IN THE
40 TO 50 MPH RANGE IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH
RANGE IN THE SAN BERNARDINO AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THIS EVENING...MAINTAIN INTO FRIDAY...THEN
DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS SHOULD KEEP THE COASTAL AREAS CLEAR OF LOW CLOUDS UNTIL ABOUT
SUNDAY...WHEN THE FLOW REVERSAL DEVELOPS. THEN...WHAT A SURPRISE...MORE
OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS BY MONDAY AND CONTINUES INTO NEXT WEEK. SO MOST
OF THE COMING WEEK LOOKS WARM AND DRY. SINCE THE FORECASTS REFLECT THIS
NO UPDATED IS PLANNED.
.SAN...WIND ADVISORIES...SEE LAXNPWSAN.
HEAVY SURF ADVISORY...SEE LAXMWSSAN.
SMALLThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2002
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