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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Hanford, CA

January 14, 1995Madera County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this tornado warning at Jan 14, 1995, 4:00 PM PST for Madera County, California. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 1995, 4:00 PM PST (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 1995, 4:45 PM PST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Whole counties

County Madera County, CA

The nearest sounding before it

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 222 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, Oakland, CA at 00:00Z on 1995-01-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 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, Oakland, CA at 00:00Z on 1995-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAT 142358
TORFAT
CAC039-141645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FRESNO CA
400 PM PST SAT JAN 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FRESNO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM PST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION.......
 
IN  CALIFORNIA
 
   ...MADERA COUNTY
 
AT 400 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN
MADERA COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO OVER CHOWCHILLA
WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20
MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTE:R IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
NESMITH

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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.