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Wind Advisory 50, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Dec 31, 2021, 3:39 PM PST for Kern County, California. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2021, 3:39 PM PST (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2022, 1:00 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 23:45 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, 11.7 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
- 855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
616 WWUS76 KHNX 312339 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hanford CA 339 PM PST Fri Dec 31 2021 CAZ338-010700- /O.NEW.KHNX.WI.Y.0050.211231T2339Z-220101T0700Z/ Mojave Desert Slopes- Including the city of Mojave 339 PM PST Fri Dec 31 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes. * WHEN...Until 11 PM PST this evening. * 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. && $$ DS
2 follow-up statements
883 WWUS76 KHNX 010635 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hanford CA 1035 PM PST Fri Dec 31 2021 CAZ338-010900- /O.EXT.KHNX.WI.Y.0050.000000T0000Z-220101T0900Z/ Mojave Desert Slopes- Including the city of Mojave 1035 PM PST Fri Dec 31 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY... * WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes. * WHEN...Until 1 AM PST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ DS
746 WWUS76 KHNX 010845 NPWHNX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hanford CA 1245 AM PST Sat Jan 1 2022 CAZ338-010945- /O.EXP.KHNX.WI.Y.0050.000000T0000Z-220101T0900Z/ Mojave Desert Slopes- Including the city of Mojave 1245 AM PST Sat Jan 1 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... While breezy winds will continue across the Kern County Desert for a few more hours, wind speeds have lowered below advisory criteria. Therefore, will allow the wind advisory to expire at 1 am pst. $$ Molina
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 8:43 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Tulare | 10 hr |
| Dec 31, 7:19 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | HNX | Kern | 8 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.