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Wind Advisory 43, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Oct 8, 2021, 1:35 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It took effect at Oct 8, 2021, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2021, 1:35 PM PDT (20:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 8, 2021, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2021, 9:25 PM PDT
- In force
- 7 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 20:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
672 WWUS76 KHNX 082035 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hanford CA 135 PM PDT Fri Oct 8 2021 CAZ338-090445- /O.NEW.KHNX.WI.Y.0043.211008T2100Z-211009T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KHNX.HW.A.0003.211011T1200Z-211012T0600Z/ Mojave Desert Slopes- Including the city of Mojave 135 PM PDT Fri Oct 8 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, west winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. For the High Wind Watch, west winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible. * WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes. * WHEN...For the Wind Advisory, until 11 PM PDT this evening. For the High Wind Watch, from late Sunday night through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this situation. Fasten loose objects or shelter objects in a safe location prior to the onset of winds. && $$ CAZ300>316-331>337-339-090445- /O.NEW.KHNX.HW.A.0003.211011T1200Z-211012T0600Z/ West Side Mountains north of 198-Los Banos - Dos Palos-Merced - Madera - Mendota-Planada - Le Grand - Snelling-Coalinga - Avenal- West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties-Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma-Fresno-Clovis-West Side Mountains South of 198- Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5-Delano-Wasco-Shafter-Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore-Visalia - Porterville - Reedley-Buena Vista- Bakersfield-Southeast San Joaquin Valley- South End San Joaquin Valley-South End of the Upper Sierra- Kern River Valley-Piute Walker Basin-Tehachapi-Grapevine- Frazier Mountain Communities-Indian Wells Valley-Mojave Desert- Including the cities of San Luis Reservoir, Los Banos, Merced, Madera, Atwater, Planada, Lake Mcclure, Le Grand, Avenal, Coalinga, Lemoore Station, Five Points, Kettleman City, Selma, Sanger, Parlier, Kingsburg, Kerman, Fresno, Blackwells Corner, McKittrick, Lost Hills, Buttonwillow, Delano, Wasco, Alpaugh, Shafter, Hanford, Lemoore, Corcoran, Goshen, Visalia, Tulare, Porterville, Taft, Bakersfield, Richgrove, Lamont, Arvin, Johnsondale, Lake Isabella, Kernville, Tehachapi, Grapevine, Lebec, Frazier Park, Inyokern, Ridgecrest, Rosamond, California City, Randsburg, and Edwards AFB 135 PM PDT Fri Oct 8 2021 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph possible. * WHERE...Portions of central California. * WHEN...From late Sunday night through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this situation. Fasten loose objects or shelter objects in a safe location prior to the onset of winds. && $$ MV
1 follow-up statement
963 WWUS76 KHNX 090425 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hanford CA 925 PM PDT Fri Oct 8 2021 CAZ338-091230- /O.CAN.KHNX.WI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-211009T0600Z/ /O.CON.KHNX.HW.A.0003.211011T1200Z-211012T0600Z/ Mojave Desert Slopes- Including the city of Mojave 925 PM PDT Fri Oct 8 2021 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...West winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible. * WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes. * WHEN...From late Sunday night through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this situation. Fasten loose objects or shelter objects in a safe location prior to the onset of winds. && $$ CAZ300>316-331>337-339-091230- /O.CON.KHNX.HW.A.0003.211011T1200Z-211012T0600Z/ West Side Mountains north of 198-Los Banos - Dos Palos-Merced - Madera - Mendota-Planada - Le Grand - Snelling-Coalinga - Avenal- West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties-Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma-Fresno-Clovis-West Side Mountains South of 198- Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5-Delano-Wasco-Shafter-Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore-Visalia - Porterville - Reedley-Buena Vista- Bakersfield-Southeast San Joaquin Valley- South End San Joaquin Valley-South End of the Upper Sierra- Kern River Valley-Piute Walker Basin-Tehachapi-Grapevine- Frazier Mountain Communities-Indian Wells Valley-Mojave Desert- Including the cities of San Luis Reservoir, Los Banos, Merced, Madera, Atwater, Planada, Lake Mcclure, Le Grand, Avenal, Coalinga, Lemoore Station, Five Points, Kettleman City, Selma, Sanger, Parlier, Kingsburg, Kerman, Fresno, Blackwells Corner, McKittrick, Lost Hills, Buttonwillow, Delano, Wasco, Alpaugh, Shafter, Hanford, Lemoore, Corcoran, Goshen, Visalia, Tulare, Porterville, Taft, Bakersfield, Richgrove, Lamont, Arvin, Johnsondale, Lake Isabella, Kernville, Tehachapi, Grapevine, Lebec, Frazier Park, Inyokern, Ridgecrest, Rosamond, California City, Randsburg, and Edwards AFB 925 PM PDT Fri Oct 8 2021 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph possible. * WHERE...Portions of central California. * WHEN...From late Sunday night through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this situation. Fasten loose objects or shelter objects in a safe location prior to the onset of winds. && $$ JDB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 1:35 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and 1 more | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.