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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2026, 9:38 AM PDT for Kern County, California. It took effect at May 25, 2026, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2026, 9:38 AM PDT (16:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2026, 11:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 36 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 16:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:38 AM PDT | Lake Wind Advisory | HNX | Kern, Tulare | 3 days |
| May 24, 3:51 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Mono | 24 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.