Strong Wind in California, April 7 to 9, 2005

Name: Strong Wind in California, April 7 to 9, 2005
Start: 2005-04-07T12:00
End: 2005-04-09T20:00
Location: California

April 7 to 9, 2005 · NWS HNX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Gusty west wind plagued the Kern County Mountains and Deserts at times from the 7th through the 9th of the month.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

Gusty west wind plagued the Kern County Mountains and Deserts at times from the 7th through the 9th of the month.

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 Apr 7, 8:35 AM PST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 8:35 AM PST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
935 AM PDT THU APR 7 2005

.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...FRONTAL ZONE
MOVING THROUGH THE DISTRICT THIS MORNING WITH THE LEADING EDGE OVER
KINGS/TULARE COUNTIES. CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS CURRENTLY MOVING
OVERHEAD WITH A LINE ON SHOWERS EXTENDING DOWN TO NEAR THE KERN
COUNTY LINE. ADDED ISOLATED PRECIP TO KINGS/TULARE COUNTIES AS RAIN
ALREADY IN THE WEST SIDE. REGIONAL RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWING COLD AIR CUMULUS PUSHING IN BEHIND THE FRONT WITH
INSTABILITIES SHOWERS BEING GENERATED OVER THE BAY AREA. AFTER
FRONTAL PASSAGE MOVES MORE INTO THE MOUNTAINS...WILL EXPECT SHOWERS
TO TAPER OFF AND SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS TO TIGHTEN. TROF AXIS
EXPECTED OVER THE CWFA THIS AFTERNOON WITH NVA MOVING INTO THE WEST
COAST THIS EVENING...SO PRECIP WILL BE SHORT LIVED. MODELS PLACE A
MINIMAL AREA OF CAPE WITH THE BULLS-EYE NEAR INTERSTATE 80 AND WELL
NORTH OF THE MERCED/YOSEMITE LINE. WHILE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS
ARE STILL WEAK THIS MORNING...THE TREND FROM THE LAST FEW HOURS
SHOWS GRADIENTS CONTINUING TO TIGHTEN WITH BREEZY TO VERY WINDY
CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. WILL ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO
REMAIN IN EFFECT OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE KERN
      COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/

MOLINA

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 4:00 AM PST, 8 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
500 AM PDT THU APR 7 2005

CAZ089>094-096-097-081200-
EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
500 AM PDT THU APR 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS... AND THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

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.

CAZ095-098-099-081200-
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
500 AM PDT THU APR 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 600 AM PDT FRIDAY
MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS76 KHNX/ FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE WIND ADVISORY EXTENDS UNTIL 600 AM FRIDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD AT THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

JWM

Event by event

3 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Indian Wells Vly

When: April 7, 12:00 PM PST to April 9, 8:00 PM PST
Where: Indian Wells Vly forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind, Se Kern Cty Desert

When: April 7, 3:00 PM PST to April 9, 8:00 PM PST
Where: Se Kern Cty Desert forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind, Kern Cty Mtns

When: April 7, 6:00 PM PST to April 9, 8:00 PM PST
Where: Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

What these are

Strong Wind: Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in California, April 2005

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: 5446656, 5446655, 5446654.