Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1996, 2:37 PM PDT for Fresno County, California. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 16, 1996, 2:37 PM PDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1996, 3:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 38 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 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:50 PM PDT | Tornado F0 | Fresno, CA | |
| Apr 16, 2:55 PM PDT | Hail 1 | Fresno, 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1:34 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno, Madera | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 1:50 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | HNX | Fresno | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 3:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno | 34 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.