High Wind — Kern River Valley, California

2024-01-17 · Kern River Valley, California

Event narrative

The Southern California Edison station at Paradise Cove measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.

Wider weather episode

A low pressure system that moved across northern California during the evening of January 16 and the early morning of January 17 brought some light precipitation to the area with much of the Sierra Nevada picking up between a quarter and a half inch of liquid precipitation with the snow level near 7000 feet. Several SNOTELs picked up an estimated 3 to 6 inches of new snowfall. Most of the central San Joaquin Valley picked up between a tenth and a quarter inch of rain while the south valley and the Kern County Mountains and Deserts generally had a tenth of an inch or less. This system also produced a brief period of strong wind gusts in the Kern County Mountains and Deserts with several stations reporting gusts exceeding 40 mph and a few locations measuring gusts exceeding 55 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1147823. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.