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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Hanford, CA

April 9, 2026Kern County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2026, 10:43 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It took effect at Apr 10, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2026, 10:43 PM PDT (05:43 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Apr 12, 2026, 11:00 PM PDT
In force
60 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 05:46 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

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 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 2026-04-10Temperature 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, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2026-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4238 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-82 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
Apr 9, 5:01 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced29 min
Apr 9, 5:18 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced57 min
Apr 9, 5:29 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXFresno, Madera, Merced61 min
Apr 9, 5:38 PM PDTTornado WarningHNXFresno, Madera37 min
Apr 9, 6:12 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatHNXFresno, Madera16 min
Apr 9, 6:24 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXMadera, Merced34 min
Apr 9, 6:38 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced67 min
Apr 9, 7:06 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMadera54 min
Apr 9, 7:19 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced26 min
Apr 9, 7:46 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced29 min
Apr 9, 8:14 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced31 min
Apr 9, 8:44 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced31 min
Apr 10, 2:54 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMariposa36 min
Apr 10, 12:22 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMariposa23 min
Apr 10, 12:24 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMariposa36 min
Apr 10, 1:05 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMariposa25 min
Apr 10, 1:31 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced29 min
Apr 10, 1:33 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced42 min
Apr 10, 1:42 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced33 min
Apr 10, 2:01 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced44 min
Apr 10, 2:09 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXMerced36 min
Apr 10, 2:11 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMadera34 min
Apr 10, 2:13 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXFresno32 min
Apr 10, 2:24 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXFresno36 min
Apr 10, 2:39 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXFresno36 min
Apr 10, 2:41 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced34 min
Apr 10, 2:44 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced31 min
Apr 10, 3:05 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMadera40 min
Apr 10, 3:08 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMadera37 min
Apr 10, 3:15 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced30 min
Apr 10, 3:32 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMadera, Mariposa28 min
Apr 10, 4:05 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMariposa40 min
Apr 10, 4:23 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMariposa37 min
Apr 10, 4:23 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXTulare37 min

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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.