Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 1996, 4:06 PM PST for Tulare County, California. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 1996, 4:06 PM PST (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 1996, 4:45 PM PST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tulare County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 4:30 PM PST | Hail 0.75 | Visalia, CA | |
| Mar 12, 4:50 PM PST | Hail 0.75 | Visalia, CA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFAT 130008 TORFAT CAC107-130045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY HANFORD CA 406 PM PST TUE MAR 12 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY HANFORD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM PST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION....... IN CALIFORNIA ...NORTHWESTERN TULARE COUNTY AT 4 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF VISALIA...IN TULARE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE TOWNS OF DINUBA AND CUTLER ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PERSONS IN VISALIA...DINUBA AND CUTLER SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW. 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 SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. BEAN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Mar 12, 12:35 PM PST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
CAZ005-010-013-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1235 PM PST TUE MAR 12 1996 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY... AT 1230 PM HANFORD DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF LEMOORE NORTHEAST TO 10 MILES WEST OF FRESNO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FRESNO METRO AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA RESULTING IN SOME LOCAL STREET FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. . ADAMS/BEAN
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 12:39 PM PST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
CAZ005-010-013-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1235 PM PST TUE MAR 12 1996 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY... AT 1230 PM HANFORD DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF LEMOORE NORTHEAST TO 10 MILES WEST OF FRESNO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FRESNO METRO AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA RESULTING IN SOME LOCAL STREET FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. . ADAMS/BEAN
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.