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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Hanford, CA

June 15, 1995Fresno County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1995, 3:05 PM PDT for Fresno County, California. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1995, 3:05 PM PDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1995, 4:00 PM PDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Whole counties

County Fresno County, CA

The nearest sounding before it

Lompoc (Awos), CA (KLPC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Lompoc (Awos), CA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lompoc (Awos), CA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFAT 152206 RRA
SVRFAT
CAC019-152300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
305 PM PDT THU JUN 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION.......
 
IN  CALIFORNIA
 
   ...CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEARING THE FRESNO
METROPOLITAN AREA. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL
MOVE ACROSS FRESNO DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. SPOTTER REPORTS
INDICATE THIS STORM IS PRODUCING...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND
UP TO 3/4 INCH HAIL.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 1:08 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXFresno, Madera, Merced67 min
Jun 15, 2:12 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXFresno48 min

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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.