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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Hanford, CA

April 16, 1996Fresno County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1996, 1:50 PM PDT for Fresno County, California. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1996, 1:50 PM PDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1996, 2:15 PM PDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Whole counties

County Fresno County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 1:34 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXFresno, Madera56 min
Apr 16, 2:37 PM PDTTornado WarningHNXFresno38 min
Apr 16, 3:26 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXFresno34 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in California, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.