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Thunderstorm Wind September 11, 2017 · Kings County, California

49 mph
Estimated gust (43 kt)
$10K
Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

California Highway Patrol reported a fence blew onto State Route 198 near 11th Ave in Hanford.

The wider storm

The persistent cut off upper low remained situated off the central California coast and continued to pull tropical moisture northward into central California. Some deep tropical moisture associated with a fairly strong upper level shortwave pushed into central California on September 11 and produced a severe thunderstorm outbreak during the afternoon and evening. Numerous reports of downburst winds exceeding 60 mph were reported and the impacts form these thunderstorms included downed power lines, damage to roofs; and large objects being knocked over and damaged. Rainfall amounts were generally a quarter of an inch or less with a few locations in the Southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains receiving between a quarter inch and a half inch of rain.

Began near Hanford (36.3220, -119.6503).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 720633. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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