Strong Wind, W Central S.J. Valley
- When
- June 26, 12:00 AM PST to 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- W Central S.J. Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 33 kt (38 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Strong Wind in California, June 26, 2008
A low pressure trough brought some cooling to the region, with temperatures falling back to near normal, during the late evening of the 25th. The movement of marine air spilling through the Pacheco Pass triggered gusts to 38 mph over the San Luis Reservoir.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 low pressure trough brought some cooling to the region, with temperatures falling back to near normal, during the late evening of the 25th. The movement of marine air spilling through the Pacheco Pass triggered gusts to 38 mph over the San Luis Reservoir.
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 25, 8:45 PM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 8:45 PM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 945 PM PDT WED JUN 25 2008 .DISCUSSION...THE TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST MAINTAINED HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO ACROSS INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW INSTABILITY SHOWERS FORMED OVER THE SIERRA CREST IN TULARE COUNTY AND ALONG A LINE TO THE NORTH. LIGHTNING WAS CONFINED TO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LINE IN MONO COUNTY...EAST OF OUR SIERRA ZONES. 24 HR TEMPERATURE TRENDS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING RIGHT AROUND ZERO AND OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW SUIT. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES IS AGAIN EXPECTED TOMORROW...WITH WARMING BEGINNING FRIDAY AS THE TROUGH DEEPENS INTO A CLOSED LOW OFFSHORE AND THE UPPER RIDGE EXPANDS SLIGHTLY WESTWARD. ISOLATED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGH SIERRA AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH BETTER CHANCES BY SATURDAY AS MID LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES A BIT IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW. NO UPDATE IS PLANNED FOR THE FORECAST TONIGHT. && .AVIATION...AREAS OF MVFR AND LOCAL IFR DUE TO SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES WILL PERSIST IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... PLEASE SEE SFOAQAHNX && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && PUBLIC...JEB AVN/FW...DS WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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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: 121191.