Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Hanford, CA

Issued

Jan 2, 1997, 7:00 PM PST (03:00 UTC)

Expired

Jan 3, 1997, 3:00 AM PST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Hanford, CA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Fresno County, CA, Tulare County, CA

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KFAT 030306
FFWFAT
CAC019-039-043-107-031100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
700 PM PST THU JAN 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM PST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  CALIFORNIA
 
   ...EASTERN FRESNO COUNTY...EASTERN AND CENTRAL MADERA COUNTY
   ...TULARE COUNTY...MARIPOSA COUNTY
 
AT 700 PM MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. NUMEROUS SMALL RIVERS AND CREEKS IN MARIPOSA...
MADERA...FRESNO AND TULARE COUNTIES WERE BEGINNING TO FLOOD.
 
IN TULARE COUNTY...EXTENSIVE FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG THE KAWEAH
RIVER IN THREE RIVERS.  FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED NEAR SPRINGVILLE
ALONG THE TULE RIVER AND YOKOHL CREEK.  THE TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTED THAT A BRIDGE WAS WASHED OUT AT BALGE PARK NEAR SPRINGVILLE.
 
IN FRESNO COUNTY...THE PITTMAN CREEK HAS WASHED OUT THE BRIDGE ON OLD
HUNTINGTON LAKE ROAD GOING INTO THE TOWN OF BIG CREEK.  FRESNO COUNTY
SHERIFF REPORTED THAT AUBERRY ROAD WAS WASHED OUT 1/2 MILE ABOVE
MILLERTON ROAD.
 
IN MADERA COUNTY...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN OAKHURST ALONG THE FRESNO
RIVER.  WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 41 AND ROAD 415 AND
ALSO AT ROAD 612 AND WEST DRIVE.  TREES ARE ALSO DOWN IN THE AREA.
 
FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE MERCED RIVER IN MARIPOSA COUNTY IN YOSEMITE
PARK AND ALSO NEAR EL PORTAL.
 
RAIN...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE NIGHT CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
BEAN

NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 2, 3:07 PM PST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
300 PM PST THU JAN 02 1997

MDT TO HEAVY RN OVR NRN HLF CWFA WTH SVRL STREAMS FLOODING
AND RD CLOSURES. HV ISSUED USSFA THRU TNGT AND XTNDD OTR
WARN/ADVSRYS THRU TNGT. TROF MOVG THRU CNTRL CA ATTM AND IS
BTWN MCE AND FAT. CDFNT WL MOV INTO NRN CA THS EVE AND INTO
CNTRL CA FRI MORN. 700MB DRIES OUT FRI AFTN/EVE SO LUK FOR
RN TO TAPER OFF TO SCT SHWRS. RESPITE WL BE SHORT WTH NXT
LO REACHING CNTRL CA SAT AFTN AND HVST RN SAT EVE/NGT.
THS LO LAST IN SERIES. SKIES WL BEGIN TO CLR MON WTH RTN TO
SEASONAL TEMPS AND TULE FOG.

POPS FAT +637 BFL +535 YNP ++58. SANGER

.HNX..SML RVR STRM FLD WRNG...TNGT...PART ZN 22.T
   ...SML STRM FLD ADVY...TNGT...ZNS 22>23
   ...URBAN/SML STRM FLD ADVY...TNGT...ZNS 20>21.

FAT WR 055/058 048/052 044 90+63
BFL WR 056/060 049/052 043 90+53
YNP RR 036/043 034/040 033 90++5

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.