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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Hanford, CA

May 13, 1995Fresno County, Kings County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 3:09 PM PDT for Fresno County, Kings County, California. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 3:09 PM PDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 4:15 PM PDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fresno County, CA, Kings County, CA

The nearest sounding before it

Lompoc (Awos), CA (KLPC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, May 13, 10:23 AM PDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
CAZ005-010-131930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1002 AM PDT THU MAY 11 1995

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY...

A SKYWARN SPOTTER NEAR TABLETOP MOUNTAIN REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM MOVING
EAST TOWARD FRIANT DAM. TABLETOP MOUNTAIN IS 15 MILES NORTH OF FRESNO.
ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THE
FRESNO AIR TERMINAL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL VALLEY THIS
MORNING AND THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A COLD UPPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE AREA IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST DURING
THE DAY INCREASING THE LIKELYHOOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON.

IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE INDOORS. PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES.

COLD AIR FUNNELS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THEY GENERALLY DO NOT REACH THE
GROUND AND ARE USUALLY SHORT LIVED. THEY HAVE...HOWEVER...ON OCCASION...
TOUCHED THE GROUND AND CAUSED DAMAGE. BECAUSE OF THIS POSSIBILITY...YOU
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WHEN COLD AIR FUNNELS ARE OBSERVED. GO TO YOUR
BASEMENT OR CENTRAL PART OF YOUR HOME FOR SHELTER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR STATEMENTS.

NESTER
Special weather statement, May 13, 11:52 AM PDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
CAZ005-010-132200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1200 PM PDT SAT MAY 13 1995

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON. A COLD UPPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING
HOURS.

IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE INDOORS. PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES WHILE A THUNDRSTORM IS IN PROGRESS.

COLD AIR FUNNELS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THEY GENERALLY DO NOT REACH THE
GROUND AND ARE USUALLY SHORT LIVED. THEY HAVE...HOWEVER...ON OCCASION...

TOUCHED THE GROUND AND CAUSED DAMAGE. BECAUSE OF THIS POSSIBILITY...YOU
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WHEN COLD AIR FUNNELS ARE OBSERVED. GO TO YOUR
BASEMENT OR CENTRAL PART OF YOUR HOME FOR SHELTER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR STATEMENTS.

NESTER
Special weather statement, May 13, 1:02 PM PDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
CAZ005-010-140300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
100 PM PDT SAT MAY 13 1995

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING FOR THE
       SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BUILD AND DISSIPATE IN RAPID
CYCLES OVER THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS AND ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SMALL HAIL..LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAVE OCCURRED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE INDOORS. PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES WHILE A THUNDRSTORM IS IN PROGRESS.

COLD AIR FUNNELS WERE OBSERVED EARLIER IN THE DAY. COLD AIR FUNNELS
ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS..THEY GENERALLY DO NOT
DO NOT REACH THE GROUND..AND USUALLY SHORT LIVED.  THEY HAVE..
ON OCCASION..TOUCHED THE GROUND AND CAUSED DAMAGE. BECAUSE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WHEN COLD AIR FUNNELS ARE
OBSERVED. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT OR CENTRAL PART OF YOUR HOME FOR
SHELTER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR STAT
EMENTS.

GUDGEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:18 AM PDTTornado WarningHNXFresno57 min
May 13, 2:20 PM PDTTornado WarningHNXFresno70 min
May 13, 3:59 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXTulare61 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.