The record
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| Event typeevent_type | Funnel Cloud |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 157,057 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 26,817 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2009-02-13T20:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2009-02-13T20:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | CALIFORNIA |
| County/zone typecz_type | C |
| County/zone namecz_name | MADERA |
| Latitudelat | 37.120 |
| Longitudelon | -120.260 |
| End latitudeend_lat | 37.120 |
| End longitudeend_lon | -120.260 |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Public |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | Repetitive low pressure systems moved into California on the 11th, 13th and 15th, as short-wave impulses rotated around an upper-level low off the northern California coast. The last of these troughs had a strong cold front that brought near-hurricane force winds to the Tehachapi Mountains during the night of February 15th-16th. A sustained wind speed of 74 mph was measured by the Grapevine Peak RAWS (remote automated weather station) at 10:13 PM PST on the 15th. (Hurricane sustained winds begin at 75 mph). Two hours later, the same RAWS recorded a gust to 103 mph. The wind sensor actually stopped providing wind data briefly after the gust to 103 mph, so there is a chance that the communications of the system briefly failed and maximum wind gusts might have been even higher if they were able to have been recorded. These gusty winds spread over the San Joaquin Valley and the Southern Sierra Nevada during the early morning hours. At 4:05 AM PST, the Panoche Road RAWS on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley measured a gust to 51 mph, and the Miami RAWS, in the Sierra in Madera County, saw a gust to 48 mph.||The low off the northern California coast drew a deep fetch of moisture into the state. As the cold air behind this strong front spread into the Tehachapi Mountains, rain changed to snow with falling snow levels. Interstate 5 through Tejon Pass was closed as the snow level fell below 4000 feet and snow began accumulating on the summit of Tejon Pass. This storm brought snow accumulations that ranged from 2-3 feet near Yosemite and Kings Canyon down to 0.5-1 foot in the Kern County mountains. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | The public reported a funnel cloud near the city of Chowchilla. The report was relayed by local broadcast media. |
| Yearyear | 2,009 |
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