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Wind Advisory 46, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2023, 2:07 PM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Dec 29, 2023, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2023, 2:07 PM PST (22:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2023, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2023, 1:00 AM PST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
Counties Fresno County, CA, Kern County, CA, Kings County, CA, Merced County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 11:02 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare, Tuolumne | 50 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.