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Wind Advisory 41, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Sep 18, 2021, 4:23 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It took effect at Sep 19, 2021, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2021, 4:23 PM PDT (23:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 19, 2021, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2021, 10:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
County Kern County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
473 WWUS76 KHNX 182323 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hanford CA 423 PM PDT Sat Sep 18 2021 CAZ338-190730- /O.NEW.KHNX.WI.Y.0041.210919T1900Z-210920T0500Z/ Mojave Desert Slopes- Including the city of Mojave 423 PM PDT Sat Sep 18 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes. This includes the Highway 58 and 14 corridors in and near Mojave and Inyokern. * WHEN...From noon to 10 PM PDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ Dudley
4 follow-up statements
942 WWUS76 KHNX 190708 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hanford CA 1208 AM PDT Sun Sep 19 2021 CAZ338-191600- /O.CON.KHNX.WI.Y.0041.210919T1900Z-210920T0500Z/ Mojave Desert Slopes- Including the city of Mojave 1208 AM PDT Sun Sep 19 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes. This includes the Highway 58 and 14 corridors in and near Mojave and Inyokern. * WHEN...From noon to 10 PM PDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
685 WWUS76 KHNX 191544 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hanford CA 844 AM PDT Sun Sep 19 2021 CAZ338-200000- /O.CON.KHNX.WI.Y.0041.210919T1900Z-210920T0500Z/ Mojave Desert Slopes- Including the city of Mojave 844 AM PDT Sun Sep 19 2021 ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 10 PM PDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Sustained west to northwest winds 25 to 35 mph, with gusts near 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes. This includes the Highway 58 and 14 corridors in and near Mojave and Inyokern. * WHEN...From 12 PM PDT this afternoon until 10 PM PDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs may be blown down. A few power outages are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ BS
618 WWUS76 KHNX 192331 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hanford CA 431 PM PDT Sun Sep 19 2021 CAZ338-200500- /O.CON.KHNX.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-210920T0500Z/ Mojave Desert Slopes- Including the city of Mojave 431 PM PDT Sun Sep 19 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Sustained west to northwest winds 25 to 35 mph, with gusts near 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes. This includes the Highway 58 and 14 corridors in and near Mojave and Inyokern. * WHEN...Until 10 PM PDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs may be blown down. A few power outages are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
083 WWUS76 KHNX 200448 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hanford CA 948 PM PDT Sun Sep 19 2021 CAZ338-200600- /O.EXP.KHNX.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-210920T0500Z/ Mojave Desert Slopes- Including the city of Mojave 948 PM PDT Sun Sep 19 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... The Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire at 10 PM this evening, as winds have mainly decreased. Although, a few locales may report gusts around 45 mph for the next one or two hours. $$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.