1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty wind occurred over the higher elevations of the Tulare County Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains during the hours just after dawn on the 7th. Wind, a little lower in intensity, also occurred in the Kern Deserts and Mountains during the same time period.
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