Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Hanford, CA

CAZ005-010-013-019-170100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
640 AM PDT THU MAY 16 1996

...OUTLOOK FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA 7-COUNTY
    FORECAST AREA...

A BROAD TROF OVER THE WEST COAST WILL KEEP UNSETTLED WEATHER OVER
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TODAY. RAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TODAY IN
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS AND TO A LESSER
EXTENT OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. IN THE KERN
COUNTY DESERTS ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS WILL ALSO OCCUR.

A NARROW DRY SLOT AS DEPICTED BY SATELLITE IMAGERY WITH AN AXIS OF
INSTABILITY WILL PASS OVER THE FORECAST AREA ABOUT MIDDAY.  WITH COOLER
AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROF THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY.
THE AMOUNT OF CLOUDINESS OVER THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO SUPPRESS
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BY DENYING THE ADDITIONAL KEY
ELEMENT OF LARGE AREAS OF SURFACE HEATING.
 .
THIS PROGNOSIS OF LESS THAN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FAR FROM CONFIDENT
SO EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE ASKED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS
AND BULLETINS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SHOULD LESS CLOUDINESS
OCCUR BY THE LATTER PART OF THE MORNING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP INTO WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AND APPROACH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LEVELS.

REMEMBER THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...
HAIL AT OR LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH DIAMETER...HEAVY PRECIPITATION INCLUDING
REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND/OR TORNADOES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION ON
THIS POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
 GUDGEL