1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Mar 18, 2:30 PM PST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 230 PM PST TUE MAR 18 2003 STRONG GRADIENTS BETWEEN A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA AND AN OFFSHORE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER RESULTED IN GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH THE CENTRAL CA INTERIOR YDAY AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN DECREASING TODAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL CA INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO CA FROM OFFSHORE. WITH PROGS INDICATING FURTHER RELAXATION OF GRADIENTS TONIGHT...HAVE DECIDED TO LET THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE KERN MOUNTAINS EXPIRE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO KEEP FAIR WEATHER AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY BEFORE AN UPPER LOW NEAR CURRENTLY 43N/146W SPREADS INCREASING MOISTURE INTO CENTRAL CA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. EVEN THOUGH OMEGAS DON/T LOOK THAT IMPRESSIVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MODEL PROGS ARE INDICATING ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND QPF PROGS ARE INDICATING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWFA. WILL COVER THIS WITH CHANCE POPS ACROSS MOST OF THE CWFA. BEST CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE FROM SCATTERED SHOWERS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG 500 MB VORT MAX DROPS CROSSES THE AREA FOLLOWING A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. MESO HAS BEEN INDICATING NEGATIVE LI/S ALONG WITH CAPES OF 200 TO 300 J/KG ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WILL MENTION ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AND KERN MOUNTAIN ZONES. THE SHOWERS THEN TAPER OFF THURSDAY EVENING AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE ROCKIES. HIGH PRESSURE IS THEN PROGGED TO RETURN TO CENTRAL CA FOR A DRY AND WARMER DAY ON FRIDAY. FOR TIMING PURPOSES HAVE FOLLOWED THE GFS SINCE IT BEST INITIALIZED THE OFFSHORE LOW. HAVE GENERALLY STAYED CLOSE TO THE MAV GUIDANCE ON TEMPERATURES. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD FROM SATURDAY TO TUESDAY...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTING EASTWARD AS THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHES CLOSER TO SHORE. WARMING TREND INTO SATURDAY WILL START TO LEVEL OFF SUNDAY AS FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL. MODELS ARE NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE WITH THE AMOUNT OF HEIGHT FALLS FROM THE SECOND SYSTEM AS THE WAVE REMAINS WEAK. DISTURBANCE MAY NOT DO MUCH MORE THAN FLATTEN THE RIDGE PATTERN AND KEEP ITS ENERGY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. MODELS ONLY SHOW A WEAK LOBE OF ENERGY EXTENDING INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA DURING THE SUNDAY TIME FRAME. THIS LOBE WILL ONLY PRODUCE CLOUDS OVER THE VALLEY DURING THE SUNDAY TIME FRAME. TIMING OF THIS LOBE INTO THE SIERRA WILL BE MORE TOWARDS SUNDAY NIGHT EARLY MONDAY. AT THAT TIME WILL EXPECT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS FROM THE PASSAGE OF THIS WEAK PIECE OF ENERGY. WILL MAINTAIN CLOUD COVER OVER THE DISTRICT THROUGH LATER MONDAY AS DISTURBANCE BEGINS TO EXIT THE REGION. RIDGE AXIS OVER THE REGION ON TUESDAY AS THE DISTRICT BEGINS TO DRY OUT. ANOTHER TROF PUSHING IN ON WEDNESDAY WILL PREVENT DISTRICT FROM COMPLETELY CLEARING OUT AND MAINTAINING PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE EXTENDED. .HNX...NONE. DS/MOLINA
CAZ089>099-191230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 445 PM PST TUE MAR 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Northwest wind again arose in the Kern County Desert with Mojave gusting to near 60 MPH and nearby Rosamond Peak reporting gusts to 40 knots during March.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5349327.