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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Hanford, CA

March 12, 2022Kern County, Tulare County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 12, 2022, 2:32 AM PST for Kern County, Tulare County, California. It took effect at Mar 13, 2022, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2022, 2:32 AM PST (10:32 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2022, 5:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 14, 2022, 5:00 AM PDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA

Counties Kern County, CA, Tulare County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Edwards AFB, CA (KEDW), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Edwards AFB, CA at 00:00Z on 2022-03-12Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Edwards AFB, CA at 00:00Z on 2022-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.