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Wind Advisory 49, NWS Hanford, CA

December 25, 2021Kern County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2021, 4:48 PM PST for Kern County, California. It took effect at Dec 26, 2021, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2021, 4:48 PM PST (00:48 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2021, 12:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 26, 2021, 9:11 AM PST
In force
9 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 00:52 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

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 310 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2021-12-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2021-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

735 
WWUS76 KHNX 260048
NPWHNX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
448 PM PST Sat Dec 25 2021

CAZ338-260900-
/O.NEW.KHNX.WI.Y.0049.211226T0800Z-211227T1000Z/
Mojave Desert Slopes-
Including the city of Mojave
448 PM PST Sat Dec 25 2021

...A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT UNTIL 2 AM
PST MONDAY...

* WHAT...Sustained west winds 20 to 30 mph, with gusts around 55 
  mph expected. 

* WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes.

* WHEN...From Midnight PST tonight until 2 AM PST Monday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds may blow around unsecured objects. Tree
  limbs could be blown down. Travel will be difficult,
  particularly for high profile vehicles. 

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highways affected include, but are not
  limited to Highway 58 through and below Tehachapi Pass and
  Highway 178 through and below Walker Pass. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
BS
2 follow-up statements
996 
WWUS76 KHNX 260831
NPWHNX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
1231 AM PST Sun Dec 26 2021

CAZ338-261800-
/O.CON.KHNX.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-211227T1000Z/
Mojave Desert Slopes-
Including the city of Mojave
1231 AM PST Sun Dec 26 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST MONDAY...

* WHAT...Sustained west winds 20 to 30 mph, with gusts around 55 
  mph expected.

* WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes.

* WHEN...From Midnight PST tonight until 2 AM PST Monday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds may blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs could be blown down. Travel will be difficult, 
  particularly for high profile vehicles.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highways affected include, but are not
  limited to Highway 58 through and below Tehachapi Pass and
  Highway 178 through and below Walker Pass.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

Molina
139 
WWUS76 KHNX 261711
NPWHNX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
911 AM PST Sun Dec 26 2021

CAZ338-261815-
/O.CAN.KHNX.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-211227T1000Z/
Mojave Desert Slopes-
Including the city of Mojave
911 AM PST Sun Dec 26 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...



$$

Barlow

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 3:15 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryHNXFresno, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare, Tuolumne49 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.