Trees and signs were blown down in Escondido, Poway, El Cajon, Hemet, and San Jacinto.
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The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
Trees and signs were blown down in Escondido, Poway, El Cajon, Hemet, and San Jacinto.
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 Nov 27, 3:00 AM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 300 AM PST WED NOV 27 2002 .SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OFF THE THE NORTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE SLOWLY WESTWARD THROUGH THURSDAY... THEN MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. STRONG GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. SHOWERS SHOULD DECREASE AFTER TODAY... THEN RETURN WITH GREATER COVERAGE FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .DISCUSSION...SYNOPTIC SCENARIO OF THE GFS SEEMS REASONABLE...AT LEAST AS FAR AS ONE IS WILLING TO TRUST MDL FORECASTS OF CUTOFF LOWS. UPR LOW WL CONTINUE TO DRIFT TO THE WSW THRU THU...THEN LIFT NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SRN CA FRI NIGHT AND SAT. BAND OF WRAP AROUND MSTR MAY CONTINUE TO BRING A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS TODAY...MAINLY TO THE SRN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AS WELL AS THE MTNS OF SBD AND RIV COUNTIES. AS THE UPR LOW MOVES WSW...THE BAND OF WRAP AROUND MSTR SHOULD LARGELY EXIT SW CA FOR TONIGHT INTO THU. BY THU NIGHT INTO FRI...THE CRCLN OF THE UPR LOW BEGINS TO DRAW TROPICAL MSTR INTO SW CA FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THIS SHOULD INCR THE LOW AND MID LVL MSTR AND ASSOCD SHOWER COVERAGE FOR THE E SLOPES AND SRN CSTL SXNS. AS THE UPR LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST FRI NIGHT INTO SAT...SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. WITH THE COLD POOL TRACK ACROSS THE AREA...THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. AS THE UPR LOW MOVES ON TO THE NORTHEAST...SOME DRYING AND MINOR WARMING SHOULD FOLLOW FOR SUN THRU TUE. A WKNG PAC UPR LOW UNDERCUTTING THE UPR RDG MAY MOVE INLAND ACROSS SRN CA OR NRN BAJA AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WINDS THIS MORNING SHOULD BE A LTL WKR THAN THE PAST TWO DAY...BUT GUSTS COULD STILL BE CLOSE TO HIGH WIND LVLS IN THE WINDIER LOCATIONS. OFSHR GRADIENTS STRENGTHEN TONIGHT INTO THU. THIS SHOULD INCR THE COVERAGE OF STRONGER WINDS SOMEWHAT WITH GUSTS IN THE WINDIER LOCATIONS CLOSE TO HIGH WIND LVLS. OFFSHORE WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECR THU NIGHT AND FRI. .SAN...WIND ADVISORY...SEE LAXNPWSGX. MARTIN
CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-281400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 600 AM PST WED NOV 27 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT WIND ADVISORY THROUGH THANKSGIVING DAY... ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS... SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE... SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS... SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS... RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS... SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS... SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS... REFER TO LAXNPWSGX WWUS76 KSGX FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY POSSIBLE HIGH WINDS THURSDAY... ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS... SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE... SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS... SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS... RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS... SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS... SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS... MARTIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 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, November 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5322827, 5322828.