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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Hanford, CA

March 8, 20237 counties in California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2023, 1:20 AM PST for 7 counties in California. It took effect at Mar 9, 2023, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2023, 1:20 AM PST (09:20 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2023, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Mar 10, 2023, 10:00 PM PST
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA

Counties Fresno County, CA, Kern County, CA, Kings County, CA, Madera County, CA, Mariposa County, CA, Merced County, CA, Tulare County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 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

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 259 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, Oakland, CA at 00:00Z on 2023-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Oakland, CA at 00:00Z on 2023-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 3:08 AM PSTWinter Storm WarningHNXFresno, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare, Tuolumne7 days

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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.