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High Wind in Se Kern Cty Desert, California

High Wind November 23, 2018 · Se Kern Cty Desert, California

61 mph
Measured gust (53 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Cache Creek reported a peak wind gust of 61 mph.

The wider storm

The storm that brought a soaking rain to much of the area and the first significant snowfall of the season to the higher elevations of the Southern Sierra Nevada was followed by a second storm which reached central California on November 23 and brought widespread rainfall to the area which continued through the early morning of November 24. Although this storm did not produce as much precipitation as the previous system, it still produced another half inch to locally two inches of additional rainfall to the Southern Sierra Nevada and adjacent foothills, and up to foot of new snow fell above 8000 feet. Much of the San Joaquin Valley was rain shadowed, but several stations measures between one and two tenths of an inch of additional rainfall. Meanwhile, strong winds impacted the Kern County Mountains from the afternoon of November 23 through the early morning of November 24. Several stations reported wind gusts exceeding 40 mph while a few low impact indicator sites measured gusts around 60 mph. By the afternoon of November 24, decreased winds and drying took place across the area as the storm moved to the east of the area with high pressure building in behind it.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 786891. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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