Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 1990, 8:10 PM PDT for Fresno County, Kings County, California. It was in force for 80 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 1990, 8:10 PM PDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 1990, 9:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 80 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fresno County, CA, Kings County, CA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 854 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFAT 230318 COR FFWFAT CAC019-031-230515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING .....CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FRESNO CALIFORNIA 810 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FRESNO CALIFORNHAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION....S... IN CALIFORNIA ...WESTERN FRESNO COUNTY...WESTERN KINGS COUNTY FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 41 IN WESTERN KINGS COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY AND OVER THE DIABLO RANGE. LOCAL HEAVY RAINS ARE CAUSING LOCAL FLOODING AND ALSO RUNOFF FROM THE MOUNTAINS MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT jWHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 2:19 PM PDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
CAZ005-010-013-019-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BAKERSFIELD CA 2.15 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE TEMBLER RANGE WHICH INCLUDES THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF KERN COUNTY... BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF KERN COUNTY AND THE WET GROUND FROM THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM OF LAST NIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE TEMBLER RANGE WHICH INCLUDES THE WESTERN EDGE OF KERN COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM. MEANWHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN THE LAKE ISABELLA AREA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL AREAS AND FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM OR SHOWER AT ALL ON THE WATER SOAKED WESTERN EDGE OF KERN COUNTY AND TAKE ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED. WELLIVER
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 3:40 PM PDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
CAZ005-010-230400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FRESNO CA 3 35 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF SAN DIEGO CONTINUES TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. PERSONS PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SHOULD BE ALERT xFOR AREAS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH COULD PRODUCE BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS...STRONG WIND...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. VELOZ
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 4:06 PM PDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
CAZ005-010-013-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BAKERSFIELD CA 4.05 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE TEMBLER RANGE WHICH INCLUDES THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF KERN COUNTY... BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF KERN COUNTY AND THE WET GROUND FROM THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM OF LAST NIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE TEMBLER RANGE WHICH INCLUDES THE WESTERN EDGE OF KERN COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM. A THUNDERSTORM IS OCCURRING IN BAKERSFIELD AT THE PRESENT TIME. THERE MAY BE GUSTY WINDS WHILE THIS THUNDERSTORM IS IN PROGRESS. ALL PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THESE GUSTY WINDS OR LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL AREAS AND FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM OR SHOWER AT ALL ON THE WATER SOAKED WESTERN EDGE OF KERN COUNTY AND TAKE ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED. WELLIVER
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 6:26 PM PDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
CAZ005-010-013-230400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BAKERSFIELD CA 6.20 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE TEMBLER RANGE WHICH INCLUDES THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF KERN COUNTY... BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF KERN COUNTY AND THE WET GROUND FROM THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM OF LAST NIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE TEMBLER RANGE WHICH INCLUDES THE WESTERN EDGE OF KERN COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM. A THUNDERSTORM BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL TO FELLOWS IN THE PAST HOUR BUT THERE WAS NO REPORT OF FLOODING. THE SAME THUNDERSTORM IS GOING THROUGH LOST HILLS BUT ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS REPORTED THERE. A THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING NEAR PINE MOUNTAIN. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN BOTH THE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND TAKE ANY PRECAUTION NECESSARY IN CASE OF FLOODING. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED. WELLIVER
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 7:24 PM PDT, 46 minutes before
CAZ005-010-230400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FRESNO CA 7 20 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF SAN DIEGO CONTINUES TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT COALINGA AND IN THE LOS BANOS AREA. THESE AND OTHER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR AREAS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS...STRONG WIND...SMALL HAIL... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. HAMMER
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 7:45 PM PDT, 25 minutes before
CAZ005-010-230400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FRESNO CA 7 20 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA THESE STORMS ARE CAUSING LOCAL AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN KINGS AND FRESNO COUNTIES. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF SAN DIEGO CONTINUES TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. HIGHWAY 166 IS CLOSED AND HIGHWAY 58 IS CLOSED IN CALIFORNA VALLEY. WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 46 AND 41 NEAR CHOLAME. AS THE STORMS MOVE NORTHWARD RUNOFF FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE DIABLO RANGE COULD CAUSE SOME LOCAL FLOODING. PERSONS SHOULD BE AL,ERT FOR AREAS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLE LOCAL FLOODING ...STRONG WIND...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in California, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.