Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 22, 2009, 9:17 PM PDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2009, 9:17 PM PDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2009, 12:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KHNX 230417 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 917 PM PDT SUN MAR 22 2009 CAZ095-098-099-230700- /O.CAN.KHNX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090323T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KHNX.WI.Y.0009.090323T0417Z-090323T0700Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 917 PM PDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STORM SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SHOWERS TO THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS IS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA AND WINDS ARE SUBSIDING...THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOME GUSTS OVER 45 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE INYOKERN AREA EAST OF INDIAN WELLS CANYON...AND THE MOJAVE AREA BELOW TEHACHAPI PASS AS WELL AS OTHER USUALLY WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. CROSSWINDS ON HIGHWAYS 58...14 AND 395 MAY STILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A WIND ADVISORY HAS THEREFORE BEEN ISSUED THROUGH MIDNIGHT WHEN WINDS WILL FURTHER SUBSIDE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD CAZ089-091-230530- /O.CAN.KHNX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090323T0500Z/ WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 917 PM PDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. THE STORM SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SHOWERS TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA AND WINDS ARE SUBSIDING...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KHNX 230649 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1149 PM PDT SUN MAR 22 2009 CAZ095-098-099-230800- /O.EXP.KHNX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090323T0700Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 1149 PM PDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...THERE MAY STILL BE ISOLATED WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FOR A WHILE LONGER OVER RIDGE TOPS...AND IMMEDIATELY BELOW PASSES. $$ BINGHAM 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 Mar 22, 3:39 PM PDT, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 3:39 PM PDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 339 PM PDT SUN MAR 22 2009 .DISCUSSION...SATELLITE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER TROUGH SHIFTING EAST OF THE SIERRA THIS AFTERNOON. STEADY PRECIPITATION ENDED OVER THE SIERRA AROUND NOON AND CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AT THAT TIME. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE SOME VERY GOOD SNOWFALL OCCURRED OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA HIGH COUNTRY...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE YOSEMITE WHERE OVER 2 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIP WAS REPORTED AT YOSEMITE VALLEY. BRISK NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT HAS RESULTED IN GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. THE SFO-LAS PRESSURE GRADIENT IS UP TO 18 MB AND A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THROUGH 10 PM TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE BEEN AIDED BY A STRONG UPPER JET ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROUGH. THESE PULSE TYPE CELLS HAVE BEEN LOW TOPPED AND FAST MOVING BUT SEVERAL REPORTS OF UP TO PEA-SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. RADAR SHOWS A DECLINE IN THIS ACTIVITY FROM THE NORTH DURING THE LAST HOUR AS UPPER WARMING ALOFT MOVES IN AND THE JET MOVES OUT. SHOULD SEE THIS TAPER OFF FURTHER AS WE APPROACH SUNSET AND INSTABILITY WANES. SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. VALLEY WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AND SHOULD BE FAIRLY LIGHT BY MORNING. THIS ALONG WITH CLEARING SKIES COULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DIP TO NEAR FREEZING FOR A SHORT TIME AND SOME PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD IN FROM THE COAST ON MONDAY BUT IS QUICKLY DISPLACED BY A WEAK TROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS TROUGH SHOULD DO NOTHING MORE THAN PROVIDE A FEW HIGH CLOUDS. LARGE EPAC RIDGE MAINTAINS DRY AND MAINLY CLEAR CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...THOUGH A FAST MOVING TROUGH MAY SPREAD SOME CLOUDS OUR WAY AS IT DIVES SOUTH OVER THE GREAT BASIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR NORMAL BY TUESDAY THEN BACK ABOVE NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY AND LOOK TO REMAIN THERE INTO NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...EXPECT MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY. SOME MVFR AND MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION THIS EVENING WITH RESIDUAL SHOWERS. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... NONE && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR CAZ095-098-099. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR CAZ089-091. && PUBLIC...DCH AVN/FW...JDB WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 3:04 PM PDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 304 PM PDT SUN MAR 22 2009 CAZ095>097-222315- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 304 PM PDT SUN MAR 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT OR UNUSUAL CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
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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.