Low pressure moving southeastward from the Pacific Northwest moved into central California region creating gusty winds in the Kern County desert and mountain areas with highest winds across Kern County Desert.
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.
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
Low pressure moving southeastward from the Pacific Northwest moved into central California region creating gusty winds in the Kern County desert and mountain areas with highest winds across Kern County Desert.
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 22, 1:01 PM PST, 9 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley - Hanford CA 201 PM PDT WED JUN 22 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Above normal temperatures and dry weather will be present across central California through the middle of next week as high pressure dominates the region. && .DISCUSSION...High pressure continues to dominate southern and central California today, bringing another day of above normal temperatures. As of 1 pm, temperatures were generally 1 to 4 degrees warmer than yesterday across the San Joaquin Valley. Subtle cooling will occur Thursday and Friday as an upper low along the British Columbia coastline shifts slowly south toward the Pacific Northwest Thursday before shifting east on Friday. Although temperatures are forecast to fall, readings will still remain between 3 and 5 degrees above normal for the end of June. High pressure will once again begin to build over the region over the weekend into the middle of next week, resulting in a significant warming trend. NCEPs global ensemble is indicating high confidence with the upper level pattern over the weekend into the middle of next week. Additionally, NAEFS puts parts of central California in the 99th percentile for 500 mb heights on Tuesday, which is slated to be one of the warmest days next week. There is still a bit of uncertainty with exactly how warm temperatures will get, but a few of the models are suggesting temperatures in the San Joaquin Valley may reach the 110 degree mark. We will continue to monitor model trends closely, especially considering we may be in record breaking temperature territory early next week. Unfortunately no end is in sight for the above normal temperatures as the Climate Prediction Centers 8 to 14 day outlook (valid from June 30th through July 6th) shows a high probability of above normal temperatures west of the Rockies. && .AVIATION... VFR conditions will prevail throughout the Central California interior during the next 24 hours. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... On Wednesday June 22 2016... Unhealthy in Fresno... Kern and Tulare Counties and Sequoia National Park and Forest. Unhealthy for sensitive groups in Kings and Madera Counties. Further information is available at Valleyair.org && .CERTAINTY... The level of certainty for days 1 and 2 is high. The level of certainty for days 3 through 7 is medium. Certainty levels include low...medium...and high. Please visit www.weather.gov/hnx/certainty.php for additional information an/or to provide feedback. && .HNX Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && public...Riley avn/fw...DS synopsis...Riley weather.gov/hanford
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Mojave AWOS (KMHV) reported sustained wind speed of 45 mph and a maximum wind gust of 62 mph on 6/22 at 2320 PST.
Mojave AWOS (KMHV) reported a sustained wind speed of 48 mph and a maximum wind gust of 60 mph on 6/24 at 0240 PST.
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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: 644812, 644814.