1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Apr 4, 1:30 PM PST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 230 PM PDT TUE APR 4 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A SLOW MOVING PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE CLOUDINESS FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. LIGHTER SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVEL NEAR 8000 FEET TODAY...6000 FEET TONIGHT...5000 FEET WEDNESDAY. VERY WINDY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MUDSLIDES AND FLASH FLOODS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE BURN AREAS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS DURING THIS STORM. DRY AND WARMER THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. COOL...WITH A COUPLE OF PERIODS OF RAIN POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. PESKY UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES ROTATING FURIOUSLY OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...AND SENDING SPOKES OF ENERGY OVER THE WEST COAST. MOST OF THE ENERGY HAS BEEN MOVING THROUGH TO THE NORTH WITH SOME RATHER HEAVY RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THERE. IT HAS BEEN SLOW TO DROP SOUTH INTO SAN DIEGO COUNTY...BUT IT IS ON ITS WAY. THE PLAN IS STILL TO HAVE A RATHER STRONG WAVE MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING. THE WINDS SHOULD PICK UP EVERYWHERE. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ALSO SHOW UP...WITH SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SNOW LEVEL 8000 FEET TODAY...6000 FEET TONIGHT...AND 5000 FEET WED. WE COULD NEED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THRU WED DUE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. WARMING TREND THU THRU THE WKND WITH HIGHS IN THE VALLEYS NEAR 70 ON SAT UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. CHANCE OF SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THE MODELS ARE HINTING AT A COLD FRONT WITH MOUNTAIN SNOWS WED AND THU OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING UP TO POINT CONCEPTION LATE THIS MORNING WITH BANDS OF MOISTURE BETWEEN THE FRONT AND THE COAST. THESE BANDS WILL BRING PERIODS OF MVFR TO LOCAL IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT THE COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH CONTINUED MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN CLOUDS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD UNSTABLE AIR MASS FOLLOWS THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY FOR CONTINUED MVFR TO LOCAL IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILTIES IN SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AN AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR KSAN FOR SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 KNOTS AND GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS OR GREATER FOR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...SEE LAXAWWSAN. && .MARINE... BUILDING WEST SWELL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE COMBINED SEAS OF 10 FEET OR HIGHER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY SO A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SEE LAXCWFSGX. THE LARGE WEST SWELL WILL ALSO RESULT IN HIGH SURF ALONG THE BEACHES SO A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...SEE LAXCFWSGX. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. SEE LAXFFASGX AND LAXSPSSGX. WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 2 PM WEDNESDAY FOR MOST MOUNTAIN AND DESERT AREAS SEE LAXNPWSGX HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY SEE LAXSRFSGX HIGH SURF ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH 2 AM PDT THURSDAY. SEE LAXCFWSGX. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS SEE LAXCWFSGX && PUBLIC...SMALL AVIATION/MARINE...HORTON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 305 PM PDT TUE APR 4 2006 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-051200- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO 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- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 305 PM PDT TUE APR 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. A SLOW MOVING STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL SPREAD PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OVER THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON OVER ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO SAN DIEGO COUNTY...THE INLAND EMPIRE...AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVEL WILL BE NEAR 6500 FEET TONIGHT...AND 5000 FEET WEDNESDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINS COULD PRODUCE MUD SLIDES AND FLASH FLOODS IN THE BURN AREAS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS DURING THIS STORM. MARGINAL INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH A STRONG JET STREAM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA SUGGESTS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE A POSSIBILITY ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT... ALTHOUGH A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST TONIGHT. IT WILL BE WINDY IN THE MOUNTAIN AND DESERT AREAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE DESERTS...AND ALL MOUNTAIN AREAS EXCEPT THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS. WIND FROM THE STORM WILL CAUSE HIGH SURF ON THE COAST. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL AREAS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY ON THE COAST. HAZARDOUS FOG...AND SNOW...IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. WIND ADVISORY ALL DESERT AREAS AND ALL MOUNTAIN AREAS EXCEPT SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS. THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL AREAS TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TORNADOES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL AREAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH SURF ADVISORY ON THE COAST UNTIL 2 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR ORANGE COUNTY...AND 2 PM FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS FOG AND SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY. WIND ADVISORY ALL DESERT AREAS AND ALL MOUNTAIN AREAS EXCEPT SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS THROUGH 2 PM WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED AFTER 6 PM TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. ECC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds in Victorville blew a tree over onto the side of a house.
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