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 Sep 9, 12:30 PM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 130 PM PDT TUE SEP 9 2003 LOW PRESSURE IS CONTINUING TO DRIFT SOUTHEAST INTO OREGON AT EARLY AFTERNOON...WHILE THE LAST OF THE ASSOCIATED RIPPLES BRUSHES ACROSS NORCAL. A 120 KT+ JET STREAK AT H3 IS ALSO ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH...HELPING TO INDUCE GOOD DYNAMICS RESULTING IN PRECIPITATION TO OUR NORTH. ARCATA AND YREKA HAVE BEEN REPORTING A QUITE DISMAL DAY...WITH THE MERCURY HOLDING IN THE 50S WITH LIGHT RAIN. IN OUR REGION...TIGHT SURFACE GRADS HAVE SUSTAINED BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FAVORED KERN MOUNTAIN/DESERT SITES...BUT SPEEDS/EXTENT HAVE BEEN WELL BELOW WAD THRESHOLDS. OTHERWISE A MIX OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS ALONG WITH A COOL AIRMASS ALOFT HAVE CONFINED TEMPS TO ONLY THE 70S AT EARLY AFTERNOON ON THE VALLEY FLOOR. BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFLICT THE DESERTS AND KERN MOUNTAINS MOST OF THE NIGHT...BEFORE SUBSIDING AROUND SUNRISE AS SURFACE GRADS RELAX. OTHERWISE...SKIES SHOULD CLEAR FOR MOST AREAS BY MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER AS MID/UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TROUGH SHIFTS FARTHER EAST. CELLULAR CLOUDINESS UPSTREAM OVER THE OCEAN WILL LIKEWISE SUBSIDE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND RESULTANT INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...STILL SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT LOW CLOUDINESS MAY DEVELOP AT THE SOUTH END AS WINDS OROGRAPHICALLY LIFT ADDITIONAL MOISTURE. WILL THUS INSERT SOME MENTION OF ELEVATED SKY COVER IN THIS AREA IN THE GRIDS/ZONES. THE GFS PREDICTS H85 TEMPS TO GAIN ALMOST 5 DEGC FOR TOMORROW...WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE OF 80 METERS IN H5 HEIGHTS. THIS WILL ENSURE A SUBSTANTIAL RECOVERY IN TEMPS FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY TOMORROW. HOWEVER...THE VALLEY WILL MANAGE ONLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER TEMPS DUE TO RESIDUAL DENSE COOL AIRMASS LINGERING. H85 TEMPS ARE PROJECTED TO CLIMB ANOTHER 4 DEGC FOR THURSDAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 DEGC ON FRIDAY. THINK THAT THE VALLEY WILL THUS SEE SUBSTANTIAL RISES IN TEMPERATURE BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE ON FRIDAY. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEPING THE LARGE WEST COAST RIDGE IN PLACE ON SATURDAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO DIVERGE ON SUNDAY. ALL MODELS TRY AND BREAK DOWN THE RIDGE AND DRIVE AN INSIDE SLIDER TROUGH ON MONDAY. THE ECMWF IS RATHER STRONG WITH THIS TROUGH WHILE THE UKMET IS VERY WEAK. THE GFS TAKES THE MIDDLE ROAD...PUSHING THE TROUGH AXIS THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY AND EAST OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY. ALL IN ALL IT WILL REMAIN DRY WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE COOLER AIR ARRIVES WITH THE SLIDER ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. BURGER/DUDLEY
CAZ089>099-101230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 500 AM PDT TUE SEP 9 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.
Gusty wind swept over the Kern Desert areas on the 9th with wind speeds commonly reported 35 to 45 MPH but higher speeds over 50 MPH did occur during the evening hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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