Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2007, 12:51 PM PDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2007, 12:51 PM PDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2007, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KHNX 151951 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1251 PM PDT SUN APR 15 2007 CAZ089-160100- /O.NEW.KHNX.WI.Y.0010.070415T1951Z-070416T0100Z/ WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 1251 PM PDT SUN APR 15 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RAPIDLY DEVELOPS TO OUR EAST. THE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. BY SUNSET THE WINDS WILL TAPER OFF AND NOT BE AS GUSTY. AREAS IMPACTED WILL BE MAINLY WEST OF AND ALONG INTERSTATE 5. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JDB WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KHNX 160111 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 611 PM PDT SUN APR 15 2007 CAZ089-160215- /O.EXP.KHNX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-070416T0100Z/ WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 611 PM PDT SUN APR 15 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR THE WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA AND ARE NOW BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A FEW WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL STILL EXPERIENCE LOCAL GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. $$ WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD JEB
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 Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Apr 15, 9:47 AM PDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 9:47 AM PDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 947 AM PDT SUN APR 15 2007 .UPDATE... ISSUED HEAVY SNOW WARNING THIS AM WITH SPOTTER REPORTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 5500 FEET AND STILL COMING DOWN. RADAR INDICATES ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO THE NORTH FACING SLOPES OF THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS. TOTAL FORECAST AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF UP TO A FOOT IS POSSIBLE. CUDDY VALLEY REPORTED AROUND 2 INCHES. THE FARTHER TO THE WEST YOU GO IN THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS THE LESSER THE AMOUNTS OF SNOW. PRECIP SHOULD TAPER OFF AROUND MIDDAY. && .DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW GETTING VERY WELL ORGANIZED THIS AM AND HAS LED TO SOME LOCALIZED UPSLOPE SNOW OVER THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS. WITH THE LOW MOVING EAST...THE SNOW HAS BEEN LESS IN THE WESTERN END OF THE MOUNTAIN RANGE. SKIES ARE CLEARING FROM THE NORTH END OF THE VALLEY AND WINDS ARE PICKING UP ALONG THE WEST SIDE. LOS BANOS IS REPORTING GUSTS TO 37...MENDOTA GUSTS TO 32 AND SAN LUIS NWR GUSTS TO 28 MPH. THINK THIS IS LOCAL EFFECT AND WILL BE CONFINED TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY TODAY. WINDS WILL PICK UP ACROSS THE ENTIRE VALLEY AS CLEARING TAKES PLACE...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADV CRITERIA. CLOUDS WILL REMAIN BANKED UP ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE VALLEY FOR MOST OF THE DAY TODAY AND WILL GRADUALLY BREAK OUT BY THE END OF THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER WHERE CLOUDS REMAIN LONGER SO MAY HAVE TO ADJUST THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS DOWN A FEW DEGREES. && .AVIATION...AREAS OF MVFR WITH LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW CEILINGS AND PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST IN THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH WIDESPREAD MVFR AND AREAS OF IFR WILL OCCUR OVER THE THE SIERRA NEVADA AND THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 12Z MONDAY. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL AND TWEB ROUTES 421 AND 423. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... NONE && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAZ095. && JDB/MV WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 10:39 AM PDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1039 AM PDT SUN APR 15 2007 CAZ095-152000- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 1039 AM PDT SUN APR 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT /WWUS46 KHNX/ OR /SFOWSWHNX/ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. MORSE WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:59 AM PDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
959 AM PDT SUN APR 15 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0851 AM HEAVY SNOW 8 SW TEHACHAPI 35.05N 118.54W
04/15/2007 M6.0 INCH KERN CA TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER AT ALPINE FORREST ELEVATION 6000 FEET
REPORTED 6-8 INCHES OF SNOW.
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TLMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:51 AM PDT | Heavy Snow Warning | HNX | 4 hr |
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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.