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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Hanford, CA

April 7, 2009

NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2009, 10:54 AM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2009, 10:54 AM PDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2009, 6:00 PM PDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA

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 7, 9:04 AM PDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 9:04 AM PDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 9:43 AM PDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 4:54 AM PDT, 6 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
454 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2009

CAZ089>094-071830-
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-
454 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2009

...BLUSTERY AND SHOWERY WEATHER HEADED FOR INLAND CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA...

A PACIFIC STORM WILL APPROACH THE CENTRAL COAST TODAY...SPREADING
SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT
SIERRA FOOTHILLS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THREAT FOR SMALL
HAIL...LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS.

GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5...AND
THROUGH THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS ALONG HIGHWAYS
152...198...41...46...AND 166 THROUGH WESTERN KERN COUNTY.

RAIN SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND ON
WEDNESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN
ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP UP TO 20 DEGREES WITH THIS STORM
MAKING FOR BLUSTERY CONDITIONS.

CAZ095-098-099-071830-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
454 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2009

...BLUSTERY AND SHOWERY WEATHER HEADED FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
AND DESERTS...

A PACIFIC STORM WILL APPROACH THE CENTRAL COAST TODAY...SPREADING
SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND A FEW
SHOWERS BY LATE EVENING INTO THE DESERT AREAS. SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL
LOWER TO ABOUT 5000 FEET OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY
WEDNESDAY...KEEPING SNOW ABOVE MAJOR PASS LEVELS.

GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OF UP TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THE PASSES AND EAST FACING SLOPES...AND INTO THE DESERTS. BLOWING
DUST OR SAND COULD OCCUR ALONG MAJOR HIGHWAYS SUCH AS 58 AND 395.

JMB

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 6:18 PM PDTRed Flag WarningHNX3 hr
Apr 7, 4:48 AM PDTWinter Weather AdvisoryHNX30 hr

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Sources

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