Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Hanford, CA

Issued

May 16, 1996, 12:20 PM PDT (19:20 UTC)

Expired

May 16, 1996, 6:00 PM PDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Hanford, CA

Area

Whole counties

County Fresno County, CA

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KFAT 161922
FFWFAT
CAC019-170100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
1220 PM PDT THU MAY 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  CALIFORNIA
 
   ...EASTERN FRESNO COUNTY
 
AT NOON...KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE KINGS
RIVER AT CEDAR GROVE WAS RISING. THEY WERE ASKING CAMPERS TO BE AWARE OF
THE RISING WATER ALONG HIGHWAY 180. THE UNOFFICIAL STAGE OF THE KINGS
RIVER AT CEDAR GROVE WAS 8 FEET. THEY BEGIN EVACUATIONS OF CAMPGROUNDS
WHEN THE RIVER STAGE REACHES 9 FEET.
 
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND MAY CAUSE THE KINGS
RIVER TO RISE HIGHER.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD>
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
 
BINGHAM
 
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In the hours before

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

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.