Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1995, 6:29 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1995, 6:29 PM PDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1995, 7:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kern County, CA
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 26, 3:50 PM PDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
CAZ005-010-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 350 PM PDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE SIERRA NEVADA... AT 345 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN HANFORD INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE TAHOE VALLEY AREA SOUTHWARD THROUGH YOSEMITE AND SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARKS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED NEAR ISABELLA LAKE...NEAR THE KERN/TULARE COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT...AND THEY WERE DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT IN INTENSITY. THE HEAVY RAINS ON TOP OF THE MELTING SNOWPACK AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MAY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND KEEP AND EYE ON SMALL STREAMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF SUNSET. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THUS THERE WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:54 PM PDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
CAZ005-010-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 350 PM PDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE SIERRA NEVADA... AT 345 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN HANFORD INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE TAHOE VALLEY AREA SOUTHWARD THROUGH YOSEMITE AND SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARKS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED NEAR ISABELLA LAKE...NEAR THE KERN/TULARE COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT...AND THEY WERE DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT IN INTENSITY. THE HEAVY RAINS ON TOP OF THE MELTING SNOWPACK AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MAY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND KEEP AND EYE ON SMALL STREAMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF SUNSET. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THUS THERE WILL BE A CDONTINUATION OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. BINGHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:02 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | HNX | Kern | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 5:36 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 54 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.