Strong Wind, Kern Cty Mtns
- When
- March 12, 12:10 AM PST to 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Strong Wind in California, March 12, 2006
Gusty west wind occurred late in the evening of the 11th and the very early morning hours of the 12th in the Kern County Mountains and Deserts.
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 occurred late in the evening of the 11th and the very early morning hours of the 12th in the Kern County Mountains and Deserts.
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 Mar 11, 9:00 PM PST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 9:00 PM PST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 900 PM PST SAT MAR 11 2006 .SHORT TERM...RADAR SHOWS ONLY ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS LINGERING BEHIND A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE/STRONG PVA THAT MOVED THRU LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ALLOW WSW/S TO EXPIRE AT 10P. NEXT SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY JUST OFF THE COAST AT CAPE MENDO IS FCST TO SWING ACROSS CENTRAL CA SUN WITH A CONTINUED SHOWER THREAT. THIS WILL BE THE LAST SHORTWAVE TO MOVE THRU THE DEEP COLD UPPER TROF THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE AREA THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. IN THE SJV AS SKIES BEGIN CLEARING...SUN NITE LIKELY TO BE QUITE COOL. PEOPLE WITH FROST SENSITIVE INTERESTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE MON AND MON NITE IN ADVANCE OF NEXT EAST PAC LOW. THIS LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL CA TUE BRINGING ANOTHER SHOT OF PRECIP...HOWEVER THIS STORM WILL NOT BE AS COLD AS THE CURRENT ONE. TEMPS WILL SHOW SOME WARMING THE NEXT 3 DAYS...BUT WILL STILL BE SEVERAL DEGS BELOW AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF MARCH. .LONG TERM...FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...BETTER AGREEMENT IN THE PACIFIC BASIN AMONGST THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS. A PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TUESDAY NIGHT. SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH OVERNIGHT TUESDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS PUSHES EAST INTO THE GREAT BASIN. ZONAL FLOW THEREAFTER SHOULD RESULT IN A DRY AND MILD DAYS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. HOWEVER THE FAST ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STORMS TO MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE WEST COAST. THUS PROGS SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT THAT ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM MOVES OFF THE NORTH CALIFORNIA COAST THURSDAY NIGHT. BOTH GFS AND EURO INDICATE A SPLITTING SYSTEM BUT DIGGING WELL SOUTH TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY. WITH BETTER AGREEMENT IN MODELS WILL INCREASE PROBABILITIES OF PRECIPITATION FROM THURSDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION...MVFR CEILINGS IN SCT SHRA IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WITH LCL IFR CONDITIONS IN SOLD TSRAGS THRU 03Z. CEILINGS WILL RESULT IN MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS AND IFR CONDITIONS OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/ BINGHAM/VASQUEZ
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 5:00 AM PST, 19 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 500 AM PST SAT MAR 11 2006 CAZ096-097-121300- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 500 AM PST SAT MAR 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS46 KHNX... SFOWSWHNX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ093-094-098-099-121300- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 500 AM PST SAT MAR 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS... AND THE KERN COUNTY DESERT. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ095-121300- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 500 AM PST SAT MAR 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS46 KHNX...SFOWSWHNX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ089>092-121300- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 500 AM PST SAT MAR 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. MORSE
Event by event
3 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Indian Wells Vly
- When
- March 12, 12:10 AM PST to 3:10 AM PST
- Where
- Indian Wells Vly forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Strong Wind, Se Kern Cty Desert
- When
- March 12, 1:10 AM PST to 4:10 AM PST
- Where
- Se Kern Cty Desert forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 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.
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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: 5498782, 5498783, 5498784.