High Wind Warning 1, NWS Hanford, CA

000 
WWUS76 KHNX 270556 CCA
NPWHNX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
954 PM PST SAT JAN 26 2008

CAZ091-092-271200-
/O.COR.KHNX.HW.W.0001.080127T0554Z-080127T1200Z/
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
954 PM PST SAT JAN 26 2008

CORRECTED TO REFINE WARNING LOCATION

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY
FOR THE SOUTH END SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR THE SOUTH END OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...MAINLY SOUTH
OF BAKERSFIELD...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY.

VERY STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTH END OF
THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WIND GUSTS
TO 66 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED...AND GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE AT TIMES. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH MAY OCCUR AS FAR NORTH
AS BAKERSFIELD.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

DRIVERS IN THE SOUTH END OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION. BE ALERT FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS AND AREAS OF LOW
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS
SOURCE...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

$$

SANGER

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

000 
WWUS76 KHNX 271145
NPWHNX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
345 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

CAZ091-092-271800-
/O.EXT.KHNX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080127T1800Z/
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
345 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING
FOR THE SOUTH END OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTH END OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS EXTENDED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTH END OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...MAINLY
SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
SUNDAY.

VERY STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE PERSISTED OVER THE SOUTH END OF
THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
MORNING HOURS. AT 118 AM...THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED THAT
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 68 MPH WERE OBSERVED AT THE BASE OF THE
GRAPEVINE. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 45 TO 60 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE
OVER THE SOUTH END OF THE VALLEY THROUGH MID MORNING...AND GUSTS
TO AROUND 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50
MPH MAY OCCUR AS FAR NORTH AS BAKERSFIELD. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE BY LATE MORNING.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

DRIVERS IN THE SOUTH END OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY SHOULD
EXERCISE CAUTION. BE ALERT FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS AND AREAS OF
LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

$$

SANGER

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

000 
WWUS76 KHNX 271524
NPWHNX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
724 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008


CAZ091-092-271630-
/O.CAN.KHNX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080127T1800Z/
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
724 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTH END OF THE SAN 
JOAQUIN VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTH END OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN SO TODAY.

$$

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

DS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
223 PM PST SAT JAN 26 2008

.DISCUSSION...A DRY AND MILD DAY FOR THE CENTRAL CA INTERIOR TODAY
AS MOST OF OUR AREA WAS UNDERNEATH A DRY SLOT SITUATED IN BETWEEN
MOISTURE ROTATING AROUND AN UPPER LOW NEAR 30N/132W AND A MOIST
SUBTROPICAL FETCH WHICH HAS BEEN STREAMING INTO NORTHWESTERN
MEXICO. GOES HIGH DENSITY WINDS ARE INDICATING SOME OF THIS
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTHWARD INTO SOCAL LATER
THIS AFTERNOON BY THE OFFSHORE LOW AS IT CONTINUES TO TRACK SLOWLY
EAST. ALTHOUGH TH4E MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDING A BIT SLOWER WITH
THE ARRIVAL OF THE MOISTURE...RH PROGS FROM THE 18Z WRF INDICATE
THE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL PUSH INTO SOCAL BY 03Z SUNDAY AND INTO
OUR CWFA BY 06Z SUNDAY. DYNAMICS DON/T LOOK TOO FAVORABLE ACORSS
CENTRAL CA WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT DEEP MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE
SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS
OUR AREA LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WHEN THE LOW FINALLY
OPENS UP AND MOVES EAST OF CA. AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE A FAIRLY STRONG COLD POOL OVERHEAD SO WILL
MENTION ISOLATED T-STORMS FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI
MOUNTAINS FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH THIS PACKAGE.
SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 6500 AND 7000 FEET AT THE ONSET OF THE
EVENT TONIGHT...LOWERING TO 4000 FEET ACORSS THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA MOUNTAINS AND TO 5000 FEET ACROSS THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS
BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS COULD TOTAL UP TO 60 INCHES ABOVE 8000 FEET. A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH PUSHING ACROSS THE PAC NW ON MONDAY WILL KEEP A
MOIST CYCLONIC FLOW OVER OUR AREA ON MONDAY WITH ON AND OFF
SHOWERS. SHORTWAVE RIDGING WILL FOLLOW ON MONDAY NIGHT WITH
CLEARING SKIES AND A CONCERN FOR FROST IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH
VALLEY ON TUESDAY MORNING AS MINIMUM TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE
LOWER 30S AT MOST LOCATIONS. ANOTHER UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS
PROGGED TO PUSH INTO THE PAC NW TUESDAY NIGHT AND DROP SOUTHEAST
INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS INSIDE SLIDER TYPE SYSTEM
MAY BRING SOME SHOWERS TO OUR AREA ALONG WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF
COOLER AIR. AFTER ANOTHER RESPITE ON THURSDAY...MORE SHORTWAVES
ARE INDICATED BY THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS TO DROP SOUTHEAST OF OF THE
GULF OF AK AND WILL BRING INCREASED MID/HIGH MOISTURE TO OUR
AREA...ALONG WITH CONTINUED BELOW CLIMO TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AS MID CLOUDS
INCREASE THROUGH 06Z. MVFR IN DEVELOPING SHOWERS TONIGHT WITH LOCAL
IFR IN HEAVY PRECIPITATION THROUGH 00Z MONDAY. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

&&

.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...NONE.

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT PST
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR CAZ095>097.

&&

PUBLIC: DS
AVIATION/FIRE WX: JDB

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
723 PM PST SAT JAN 26 2008

CAZ089>094-271300-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
723 PM PST SAT JAN 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A STORM SYSTEM OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST TONIGHT WILL MOVE INLAND
SUNDAY...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

CAZ096-097-271300-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
723 PM PST SAT JAN 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
FROM YOSEMITE TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE BEGINNING THIS EVENING.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD AT /WWUS46 KHNX/ OR /SFOWSWHNX/ FOR
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA FROM YOSEMITE TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN HANFORD AT /WWUS46 KHNX/ OR /SFOWSWHNX/ FOR DETAILS.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

CAZ095-271300-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
723 PM PST SAT JAN 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
BEGINNING THIS EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WEATHER
MESSAGE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD AT
/WGUS66 KHNX/ OR /SFOFFAHNX/ FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD AT /WGUS66 KHNX/
OR /SFOFFAHNX/ FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

JEB