Strong Wind in California, June 10 to 11, 2008

Name: Strong Wind in California, June 10 to 11, 2008
Start: 2008-06-10T13:00
End: 2008-06-11T02:00
Location: California

June 10 to 11, 2008 · NWS HNX · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
Crop damage: $6,000
Events: 6

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.

A weak weather system brought gusty winds to the west side of the San Joaquin Valley on June 7th, with a few gusts reaching around 35 mph. Another cold front moved through central California on June 10th. Winds gusted to 40 mph at Fresno-Yosemite International Airport and the Merced Municipal Airport, and gusts to around 45 mph were reported in the Kern County mountains and deserts. Temperatures dropped as much as 7 degrees in the cold air behind the front, but as with the earlier system, the cooling was short-lived.

High pressure built into California during the middle of the month, pushing temperatures several degrees above normal. Fresno had a high of 103 degrees on June 13th, for its first triple-digit temperature since May 19th. Bakersfield only hit 99 on the 13th, but had a high of 101 the next day, for the first triple-digit reading at Meadows Field since May 17th. Temperatures remained above normal for the next several days, culminating in record highs of 110 degrees at both Bakersfield and Fresno on June 21st.

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 Jun 10, 1:00 PM PST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 1:00 PM PST, 0 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
200 PM PDT TUE JUN 10 2008

.DISCUSSION...DEEP UPPER LOW IS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.
TROF AXIS EXTENDING SOUTH WILL PASS THRU CENTRAL CA LATER THIS
EVE. GUSTY WINDS AHEAD OF THE TROF TO CONT THRU THE EVE IN THE
VALLEY THEN DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY NEAR SUNSET. WINDS WILL GUST A
BIT LONGER IN THE KERN MTNS/DESERTS UNTIL SFC HIGH WORKS INTO THE
GREAT BASIN OVERNITE...THEN WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND BEGIN TO
DIMINISH EARLY WED MORNING. NO CHANGES TO CURRENT ADVISORIES.
COOL ADVECTION WITH TROF WILL LOWER TEMPS SEVERAL DEGS MORE WED
MOST AREAS. AS PRESSURES RISE IN THE GREAT BASIN THE NEXT 24
HRS...THE THERMAL SFC LOW MOVES BACK TOWARD THE CA COAST WED NITE
AND THURS. THIS WILL BRING A QUICK WARMING TREND...SUPPORTED
ADDITIONALLY BY A STRONG UPPER RIDGE BUILDING IN FROM NORTHERN
MEXICO. BOTH GFS AND THE EURO (ECMWF) NOW IN GOOD AGREEMENT OF A
WARM UPPER RIDGE ACROSS CA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH LITTLE IN THE
WAY OF LOW LEVEL ONSHORE FLOW. THIS WILL PUSH TEMPS INTO TRIPLE
DIGITS LOWER ELEVATIONS...BUT NOTHING UNUSUAL FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR. SOME WEAKENING OF THE RIDGE MAY OCCUR MON AND/OR TUES.

&&

.AVIATION...A DRY UPPER TROUGH WILL CREATE BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS TO 40
KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER RIDGES AND THROUGH PASSES IN THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND BELOW THE PASSES IN THE KERN DESERT UNTIL 10Z
WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY.

&&

.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
NONE

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR CAZ095-098-099.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR CAZ089>092.

&&

PUBLIC...BINGHAM
AVN/FW...MOLINA

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 8:51 AM PST, 4 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
951 AM PDT TUE JUN 10 2008

CAZ089>092-111700-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
951 AM PDT TUE JUN 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO
THE LATEST NON PRECIPITATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HANFORD AT /WWUS76 KHNX/ OR /SFONPWHNX/
FOR DETAILS.

.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 THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

CAZ095-098-099-111700-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
951 AM PDT TUE JUN 10 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS IS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO
THE LATEST NON PRECIPITATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HANFORD AT /WWUS76 KHNX/ OR /SFONPWHNX/
FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL
REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST NON PRECIPITATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN HANFORD AT /WWUS76 KHNX/ OR /SFONPWHNX/ FOR
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.

PETERSON

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

Event by event

6 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Kern Cty Mtns

When: June 10, 1:00 PM PST to June 11, 2:00 AM PST
Where: Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
Measured: 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $200
Crop damage: $1,000
Reported by: Mesonet

Strong Wind, Indian Wells Vly

When: June 10, 1:00 PM PST to June 11, 2:00 AM PST
Where: Indian Wells Vly forecast zone
Measured: 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $200
Crop damage: $1,000
Reported by: Mesonet

Strong Wind, Se Kern Cty Desert

When: June 10, 1:00 PM PST to June 11, 2:00 AM PST
Where: Se Kern Cty Desert forecast zone
Measured: 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $200
Crop damage: $1,000
Reported by: Mesonet

Strong Wind, W Central S.J. Valley

When: June 10, 1:00 PM PST to June 11, 2:00 AM PST
Where: W Central S.J. Valley forecast zone
Measured: 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $200
Crop damage: $1,000
Reported by: Mesonet

Strong Wind, E Central S.J. Valley

When: June 10, 1:00 PM PST to June 11, 2:00 AM PST
Where: E Central S.J. Valley forecast zone
Measured: 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $200
Crop damage: $1,000
Reported by: Mesonet

Strong Wind, Sw S.J. Valley

When: June 10, 1:00 PM PST to June 11, 2:00 AM PST
Where: Sw S.J. Valley forecast zone
Measured: 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $200
Crop damage: $1,000
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

Every storm in California in 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in California, June 2008

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: 121185, 121186, 121187, 121188, 121189, 121190.