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High Wind in Kern Cty Mtns, California
High Wind March 12, 2019 · Kern Cty Mtns, California
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Bird Springs Pass RAWS reported a peak wind gust of 79 mph.
The wider storm
A strong upper low pressure system dropped southward through the Great Basin region between the afternoon of March 12 and the morning of March 13. This system interacted with a strengthening offshore high pressure center to produce a strong surface pressure gradient over the Kern County Mountains and Deserts which resulted in a period of very strong winds over the area with several reports of wind gusts exceeding 70 mph along ridge tops and below passes. There were also reports of several big rigs being blown over or flipped over by the strong wind gusts.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 802346. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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