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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE S
FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT MONDAY. 
WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A MOSTLY DRY WINTER STORM
APPROACHES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS...WITH THE WINDS CONTINUING INTO MONDAY EVENING. WIND
GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS...AND COULD BE LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 70 MPH BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON FROM BELOW THE TEHACHAPI PASS TO THE MOJAVE AREA.
DRIVERS PLANNING TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
AND DESERTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS AND AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST OR SAND THAT CAN REDUCE VISIBILITY. MAJOR ROADS THAT
WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE WINDS WILL INCLUDE INTERSTATE 5 OVER THE
GRAPEVINE...HIGHWAY 58 THROUGH AND BELOW THE TEHACHAPI PASS...AND
HIGHWAY 14 AND U.S. 395 IN THE KERN DESERT.
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
35 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG
CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS
SOURCE...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
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SANGER
WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD