Thunderstorm Wind, Kern
- When
- July 24, 4:07 PM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kern County, Edwards Afb
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 34.917, -117.900
Damaging Winds in California, July 24, 2005
Thunderstorm outflows late in the afternoon of the 24th pushed winds above 50 knots in the Kern County Desert areas. In addition to high wind gusts reported at Edwards AFB and China Lake NAF mesonet stations, the California City AWOS indicated a gust to 41 KTS at 1610 PST.
Where it happened
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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.
Thunderstorm outflows late in the afternoon of the 24th pushed winds above 50 knots in the Kern County Desert areas. In addition to high wind gusts reported at Edwards AFB and China Lake NAF mesonet stations, the California City AWOS indicated a gust to 41 KTS at 1610 PST.
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 Jul 24, 2:25 PM PST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:25 PM PST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
325 PM PDT SUN JUL 24 2005
.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...SHORT TERM
CONCERN REMAINS FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IN THE TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS
AND KERN COUNTY MTNS/DESERTS. THE SE PORTION OF THE CWA REMAINS ON
THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF PW AXIS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH...WITH
MSAS THETA-E VALUES APPROACHING 350K AND SFC MSTR CONVERGENCE AXIS
EXTENDING N-S THRU MTN AND DESERT ZONES. STRONG TSTMS HAVE BEGUN TO
DEVELOP WITH WEAK FLOW ALOFT RESULTING IN NEARLY STATIONARY
MOVEMENT. WILL THEREFORE MAINTAIN FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 900 PM
FOR TULARE MTN AND KERN MTN/DESERT ZONES.
REMAINDER OF SHORT TERM PACKAGE APPEARS ON TRACK AS A DRIER WESTERLY
FLOW ALOFT SHOULD SHIFT DEEPER MOISTURE EAST OF THE CREST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A DECREASING CONVECTIVE THREAT. WITH LITTLE
CHANGE IN UPPER AIR TEMPS...DAYTIME HIGH SHOULD REMAIN NEAR TO
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THRUT THE DISTRICT WITH DRY CONDITIONS
CONTINUING THRU WED.
.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS
REMAIN IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT TODAY AS THEY ALL PROG A WEAK
TROF PUSHING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AT THE START OF THE PERIOD.
THIS PATTERN WILL INTRODUCE SOME COOLING TO THE DISTRICT FROM BOTH
SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE CONTRIBUTIONS. MODELS SHOW ABOUT 1-2 DEG-C OF
COOLING OVER THE CWFA BY THURSDAY...FROM THAT OF WEDNESDAY...AT THE
850MB LEVEL. ALONG WITH A POSSIBLE MARINE PUSH...TEMPERATURES IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY COULD DROP DOWN BACK INTO THE 90S. MODEL GUIDANCE
DOES SHOW THIS TREND OF GOING COOLER TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.
THEREFORE...WILL FOLLOW THIS TREND WHILE STILL GOING WITH SLIGHTLY
HIGHER NUMBERS THEN WHAT THE MODELS INDICATE. TROF PASSAGE ON
THURSDAY WILL ALSO INTRODUCE A MORE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS
WILL PUSH THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE EAST OF CALIFORNIA TO MINIMIZE
MOUNTAIN CONVECTION FOR A DAY OR TWO. AS PER HPC...COULD SEE BETTER
CHANCES OF MONSOONAL MOUNTAIN CONVECTION TOWARD THE WEEKEND AS THE
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE REBOUNDS AND ALLOWS FOR BETTER SOUTHEASTERLY
FLOW ALOFT. AS THE RIDGE REBOUNDS...SO WILL TEMPERATURES AS
CONDITIONS REMAIN HOT.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH 00Z
TUESDAY. REFER TO TAFS AT KMCE...KFAT...AND KBFL FOR DETAILS.
&&
.HNX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 900 PM
PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS/DESERTS
AND THE TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/
JSN/DSHazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 5:00 AM PST, 11 hours 7 minutes before
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Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kern
- When
- July 24, 4:40 PM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kern County, China Lake Naf
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 35.683, -117.683
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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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: 5471067, 5471068.