The record
Everything the slot carries, as measured. Series arrays are drawn above and listed here in full.
| event_type | Dust Storm |
|---|---|
| ncei_event_id | 168,729 |
| episode_id | 28,676 |
| begin_utc | 2009-04-14T16:15:00+00:00 |
| end_utc | 2009-04-15T11:27:00+00:00 |
| state | CALIFORNIA |
| cz_type | Z |
| cz_name | W CENTRAL S.J. VALLEY |
| deaths_direct | 0 |
| deaths_indirect | 0 |
| injuries_direct | 0 |
| injuries_indirect | 0 |
| damage_property | 0.00K |
| damage_crops | 0.00K |
| wfo_source | Trained Spotter |
| episode_narrative | Another short-lived upper-level ridge built into California on April 11th-12th, then gave way to a mostly dry system that reached California on the 13th. This cold front brought strong winds to the west side of the San Joaquin Valley on April 14th, with dust storms occurring near Coalinga and Avenal. Both dust storms produced areas of near-zero visibility. Winds gusted to 41 mph at Meadows Field���Bakersfield���and to 35 mph at Fresno-Yosemite International Airport. The gusts at Meadows Field were only 4 mph less than the ASOS-era record for April of 45 mph, set on April 3rd, 1999. (Because the ASOS measures winds in a different manner than older anemometers, wind records for ASOS sites only go back to the date the ASOS was commissioned).||On the 14th at 1425 PDT, the California Highway Patrol reported blowing dust at Avenal cutoff on I-5 with near-zero visibility. The CHP determined it caused a traffic collision along Interstate 5. No fatalities were reported although several people were injured.||Winds continued to gust to 35 mph through the morning of April 15th, and spread across the central Valley to the cities of Merced and Atwater. The winds then abated a bit, but increased again the next day. A gust to 40 mph was measured at Fresno-Yosemite International Airport on April 16th, only 1 mph less than the ASOS-era record gust for April of 41 mph on April 14th, 2002.||The storm brought only a trace of rain to Fresno and Bakersfield. The highest reported rainfall was only 0.06 inch at Mariposa Grove in the Southern Sierra Nevada southeast of Wawona. |
| year | 2,009 |
Provenance
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