The cold low pressure system which brought widespread rain and lower elevations snow during the previous two days moved east of the area on November 29, but brisk northwest winds behind the departing system produced several gusts exceeding 40 mph in the Kern County Mountains and Deserts. A few low impact indicator sites measured gusts exceeding 60 mph.
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.
The cold low pressure system which brought widespread rain and lower elevations snow during the previous two days moved east of the area on November 29, but brisk northwest winds behind the departing system produced several gusts exceeding 40 mph in the Kern County Mountains and Deserts. A few low impact indicator sites measured gusts exceeding 60 mph.
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 Nov 29, 3:43 AM PST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Hanford CA 343 AM PST Fri Nov 29 2019 .SYNOPSIS... Steady snowfall in the Sierra Nevada will taper to snow showers as a storm system moves away from Central California this afternoon. A warmer and wetter storm system will impact the forecast area, starting Saturday afternoon and persisting into Monday. Most of this precipitation will fall Saturday night through Sunday night. && .DISCUSSION... An upper-level area of low pressure will be centered near the California/Nevada border this morning. This atmospheric disturbance may be responsible for an additional four to eight inches of snow in the Southern Sierra Nevada this morning. Precipitation will become more showery in nature this afternoon as the area of low pressure aloft moves to the northeast. An Eastern Pacific ridge of high pressure will approach the west coast of the United States tonight. This ridge of high pressure will progress eastward across California Saturday. A storm system will remain offshore of the west coast of the United States Saturday night into early next week. Prolonged southwesterly flow will continue to feed abundant moisture into Central California. This will be a warmer storm system, with snow levels around 7000 feet. Three to six inches of rainfall is conceivable in the Southern Sierra Nevada foothills and the Southern Sierra Nevada below 7000 feet. Forecast confidence is increasing regarding the potential for several feet of high elevation snow. Rain amounts the San Joaquin Valley will decrease from north to south. One to one and a half inches of rain is possible in Merced, Madera, and Fresno Counties. One half of an inch to inch inch of rain is conceivable in Kings and Tulare Counties. One quarter of an inch to one half of an inch of rain is possible in Kern County. The majority of precipitation will fall Saturday night through Sunday night. The aforementioned storm system will finally move onshore Tuesday night or Wednesday. Any precipitation Monday night through Wednesday should not be heavy. A brief break in precipitation is expected Wednesday night through Thursday night as a ridge of high pressure progresses eastward through the Western United States. && .AVIATION... Away from the mountains, MVFR ceilings will dissipate this morning. Closer to the mountains, IFR or lower ceilings will raise to MVFR category this morning, before dissipating this afternoon. Mountain obscurations will persist into tonight, before clearing. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... On Friday, November 29th, 2019, fireplace/wood stove burning status is: no burning unless registered in Fresno, Kern, 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.html for additional information and/or to provide feedback. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flood Watch from Saturday afternoon through Monday afternoon for CAZ190>194. Winter Storm Warning until 10 AM PST this morning for CAZ192>194. Winter Storm Watch from Saturday afternoon through Monday afternoon for CAZ192>194. Wind Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 8 PM PST this evening for CAZ196>199. && public/aviation/fire weather...BS PIO/DSS........................CMC weather.gov/hanford
2 high wind, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tulare County emergency manager reported several trees were downed by strong winds in the area around Balch Park.
The Jawbone Canyon RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
The Indian Wells Canyon RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in California, November 2019
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: 858715, 858714, 858713.