California, 2002

High Wind in California, June 9, 2002

June 9, 2002 · NWS HNX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Another day of strong onshore pressure gradients brought gusty wind to the west side of the Central and Southern San Joaquin Valley. Wind gusts to 35 MPH were noted near the San Luis Reservoir in Merced County with gusts to 43 MPH at Kettleman Hills in West Kings County.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.

Another day of strong onshore pressure gradients brought gusty wind to the west side of the Central and Southern San Joaquin Valley. Wind gusts to 35 MPH were noted near the San Luis Reservoir in Merced County with gusts to 43 MPH at Kettleman Hills in West Kings County. Sustained wind of 30 MPH and gusts to 36 MPH occurred at Navy Lemoore on the morning of the 9th.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 8:05 AM PST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 8:05 AM PST, 18 minutes before
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
905 AM PDT SUN JUN 9 2002

UPPER LOW WAS CENTERED OVER SW ID THIS MORNING WITH SHORTWAVE MOVING
INTO CENTRAL NV. FLOW THRU LOWEST 5K FEET CONTS TO AVERAGE 25-35 KTS
WITH AREA OF SUBSIDENCE PROGRESSING SOUTH THRU CENTRAL CA. SUFFICIENT
MIXING SHOULD OCCUR TO INCREASE SPEEDS THRUT THE CWA...ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SJ VALLEY. GIVEN DVM
EVIDENT ON WV PICS...WILL ISSUE WAD FOR THE WEST SIDE FOR TODAY AND
CONT TO MONITOR KERN MTNS/DESERTS. HOWEVER STRONGEST SPEEDS SHOULD
OCCUR THIS MORNING BEFORE UPPER JET SHIFTS INTO NV ALLOWING WINDS
ALOFT GRADUALLY TO DECREASE.

REMAINDER OF ZONES REMAINS ON TRACK WITH NO OTHER UPDATES REQUIRED
AT THIS TIME.

.HNX...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WEST SIDE OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
       SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY TODAY.

JSN

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Sw S.J. Valley

When
June 9, 8:23 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
Where
Sw S.J. Valley forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, W Central S.J. Valley

When
June 9, 9:31 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
Where
W Central S.J. Valley forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, June 2002

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5296515, 5296514.