Tornado Warning 4, NWS Hanford, CA

CAZ005-010-020200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
450 PM PDT MON MAY 1 1995

   ...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE SAN JOAQUIN
      VALLEY AND SOUTHERN SIERRA...

AT 445 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN HANFORD INDICATES
THREE AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND
SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. THE FIRST AREA...20 MILES WIDE...EXTENDED FROM
WESTERN KERN COUNTY...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAFT...TO ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTH OF LAKE ISABELLA.

A SECOND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 30 MILES IN
DIAMETER WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA NEAR SIERRA
NATIONAL PARK.

THE HEAVEST WAS LOCATED IN A LINE...15 MILES WIDE...EXTENDING FROM
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK...TO MADERA...TO 44 MILES WEST OF FRESNO. THIS
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST 25 TO
35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE FRESNO AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

SHOULD A THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...PROTECT YOURSELF FROM
FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING...INCLUDING ONLY USING THE TELEPHONE
IN EMERGENCIES.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR THE NOOA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION.

CAIN