Strong Wind, Kern Cty Mtns
- When
- December 1, 2:32 PM PST to December 2, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Strong Wind in California, December 1 to 2, 2007
High pressure moved into central and southern California on the first day of December, resulting in a period of strong winds across the Kern County Mountains and Deserts. Winds peaked between 45 to 50 mph at times during the morning of the 1st.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- 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.
High pressure moved into central and southern California on the first day of December, resulting in a period of strong winds across the Kern County Mountains and Deserts. Winds peaked between 45 to 50 mph at times during the morning of the 1st. Some of the locations that experienced the strong winds included Blue Max, Jawbone Canyon, and China Lake.
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 Dec 1, 9:21 AM PST, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 9:21 AM PST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 921 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 .UPDATE...ZONES TO REMOVE THIS MORNINGS FROST ADVISORY HEADLINE FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. && .DISCUSSION...COLD START TO THE DAY WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE VALLEY DROPPING INTO THE LOW 30S AND UPPER 20S IN COLDER LOCATIONS. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW AN UPPER LOW CURRENTLY PUSHING THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. STRONGER NW UPPER WINDS WILL ALIGN WITH PRESSURE GRADIENTS AND BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS PASSES AND MOJAVE DESERT THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IN STORE FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS OVER THE REGION AND DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. NO CHANGES TO TODAYS TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION...MVFR IN MIST AND HAZE WILL PREVAIL IN PORTIONS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY UNTIL 18Z SATURDAY. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... NONE && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT FOR CAZ095-098-099. FROST ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM PST SUNDAY FOR CAZ089>092. && MV/JEB WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 3:56 PM PST, 22 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 356 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2007 CAZ095-098-099-020000- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 356 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A SYSTEM EXITING THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT AREA. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SATURDAY WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAIN PASSES. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NON PRECIPITATION WARNING FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD AT /WWUS76/ OR /SFONPWHNX/ FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD WTP
Event by event
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Indian Wells Vly
- When
- December 1, 6:05 PM PST to 6:20 PM PST
- Where
- Indian Wells Vly forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- Mesonet
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
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Michigan, December 1 to 2, 2007
- Avalanche in Washington, December 1 to 2, 2007
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, December 1 to 2, 2007
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Oregon, December 1 to 6, 2007
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, December 1 to 2, 2007
- Winter Storm in Michigan, December 1 to 2, 2007
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Washington, December 1 to 4, 2007
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Iowa, December 1, 2007
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, December 1, 2007
- Drought in Georgia, December 1 to 31, 2007
- Flood in Alaska, December 1, 2007
- Flash Flood and Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 1 to 2, 2007
More
Every storm in California in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2007
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: 73275, 73276.