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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Hanford, CA

February 9, 20264 counties in California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Feb 9, 2026, 12:48 PM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Feb 10, 2026, 8:00 AM PST. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2026, 12:48 PM PST (20:48 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2026, 8:00 AM PST
Expired
Feb 11, 2026, 1:00 PM PST
In force
29 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 20:51 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

Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Vandenberg AFB, CA at 12:00Z on 2026-02-09Temperature 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, Vandenberg AFB, CA at 12:00Z on 2026-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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
Feb 8, 4:32 PM PSTDense Fog AdvisoryHNXFresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and 1 more18 hr
Feb 9, 12:19 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningHNXFresno, Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne52 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.