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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Hanford, CA

March 10, 1995Fresno County, Tulare County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 1995, 11:44 PM PST for Fresno County, Tulare County, California. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 1995, 11:44 PM PST (07:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 1995, 2:45 AM PST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fresno County, CA, Tulare County, CA

The nearest sounding before it

Edwards AFB, CA (KEDW), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Edwards AFB, CA at 00:00Z on 1995-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Edwards AFB, CA at 00:00Z on 1995-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 11:44 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningHNXMadera, Mariposa3 hr
Mar 11, 12:15 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningHNXKern6 hr
Mar 11, 2:51 AM PSTFlash Flood WarningHNXMadera, Mariposa2 hr

Nearby

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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.