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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2026, 11:09 AM PST for 6 counties in California. It took effect at Mar 5, 2026, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2026, 11:09 AM PST (19:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2026, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2026, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 51 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
Counties Fresno County, CA, Kern County, CA, Madera County, CA, Mariposa County, CA, Tulare County, CA, Tuolumne County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 1131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -232 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 11:09 AM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 20 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.