Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Feb 14, 2008, 9:46 AM PST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2008, 9:46 AM PST (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2008, 1:16 PM PST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KHNX 141746 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 946 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 CAZ093-096-150000- /O.UPG.KHNX.HW.A.0002.000000T0000Z-080214T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KHNX.WI.Y.0009.080214T1746Z-080215T0000Z/ MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- 946 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...HIGH WIND WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH IN FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. ALONG THE CREST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA...ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. PERSONS TRAVELING INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TODAY SHOULD ANTICIPATE LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED CANYONS AND PASSES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS AND TRAILERS ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO STRONG CROSS WINDS AND CAN EASILY BE OVERTURNED. $$ WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD CAZ094-097-150000- /O.NEW.KHNX.WI.Y.0009.080214T1746Z-080215T0000Z/ TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 946 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS OF TULARE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS OF TULARE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH IN FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES. ALONG THE CREST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA...ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. PERSONS TRAVELING INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TODAY SHOULD ANTICIPATE LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED CANYONS AND PASSES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS AND TRAILERS ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO STRONG CROSS WINDS AND CAN EASILY BE OVERTURNED. $$ WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD CAZ089-150100- /O.CON.KHNX.LW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080215T0100Z/ WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 946 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE SAN LUIS LAKE RESERVOIR FOR MUCH OF TODAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ON THE LAKE. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KHNX 142115 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 115 PM PST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... CAZ093-094-096-097-142215- /O.CAN.KHNX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/ MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS- TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 115 PM PST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY SINCE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY ABATE THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG WINDS WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD. $$ WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD CAZ089-142215- /O.CAN.KHNX.LW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080215T0100Z/ WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 115 PM PST THU FEB 14 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE SAN LUIS RESERVOIR... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SAN LUIS RESERVOIR. NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY SINCE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY ABATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. $$ WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
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 Feb 14, 3:43 AM PST, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 3:43 AM PST, 6 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 343 AM PST THU FEB 14 2008 .DISCUSSION...PROBLEM TODAY WILL BE WINDS IN THE SRN SIERRA. IN PARTICULAR...MONO WINDS THROUGH CANYONS. UPPER SUPPORT FOR STRONG WINDS IS INCREASING AS SUBSIDENCE SETS IN BEHIND DEVELOPING CLOSED LOW OVER/ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. HOWEVER...SFC HIGH MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN NOT TOO STRONG...IE...1035+ MB/S. THIS LEAVES SOME DOUBT ON WHETHER CONDITIONS WILL BE RIGHT TO FORCE STRONG WINDS THROUGH SOUTH AND WEST-FACING CANYONS TODAY. WILL LEAVE HIGH WIND HEADLINE AS A WATCH FOR NOW AND MONITOR CONDS FOR POSSIBLE UPGRADE. WHILE MONO WINDS ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO FCST...THEY CAN BE QUITE DESTRUCTIVE IN WIND-PRONE AREAS OF YOSEMITE PARK AND THE FOOTHILLS OF MARIPOSA AND MADERA COUNTIES. FOLKS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING IN THESE AREAS WILL NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE...THE USUAL POST-TROF CLOUDS ARE PRESENT IN THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. KEPT SOME PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WORDING FOR THESE TODAY. AFTER TODAY...UPPER RIDGE WILL BE THE DOMINATING FEATURE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPS WILL SHOW A SLOW MODERATION AS WELL. MODELS THEN BEGIN TO INDICATE SOME POTENTIAL FOR A ZONAL FLOW TO DEVELOP IN THE EAST PAC DURING THE NEW WEEK. HAVE BEGAN A SLOW UPWARD TREND IN POPS DURING THE WEEK...BUT CONFINED MENTIONING OF PRECIP TO THE SIERRA FOR NOW. && .AVIATION...CLOUDS BANKED ALONG SJV VALLEY FACING SLOPES FROM FRESNO COUNTY THROUGH KERN COUNTY RESULTING IN SOME MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY. A STRONG NE-SW ORIENTED UPPER JET WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG AND NEAR THE SIERRA CREST. OTHERWISE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ELSEWHERE IN THE DISTRICT THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... THE VALLEY AIR DISTRICT HAS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING FIREPLACE/WOOD STOVE BURNING DECLARATION FOR THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14 2008. WOOD BURNING IS DISCOURAGED IN KERN COUNTY. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH UNTIL NOON PST TODAY FOR CAZ093-096. && BINGHAM/DCH WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 5:56 PM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | 16 hr | |
| Feb 14, 9:06 AM PST | Lake Wind Advisory | HNX | 4 hr | |
| Feb 14, 1:59 PM PST | Frost Advisory | HNX | 18 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.