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High Wind in Kern River Valley, California
High Wind May 8, 2022 · Kern River Valley, California
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Southern California Edison Station at Paradise Cove measured a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
The wider storm
A strong upper trough pushed into California during the evening of May 7 through the afternoon of May 8 producing a very strong onshore pressure gradient. This resulted in a period of windy conditions across the mountains and deserts of Kern County with several stations measuring gusts exceeding 60 mph and a few low impact indicator sites reporting gusts above 75 mph.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1013216. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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