Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Hanford, CA

Issued

Jan 24, 1997, 5:18 PM PST (01:18 UTC)

Expired

Jan 24, 1997, 11:15 PM PST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Hanford, CA

Area

Whole counties

County Tulare County, CA

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KFAT 250127 COR
FFWFAT
CAC107-250715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED RIVER NAME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
518 PM PST FRI JAN 24 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM PST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  CALIFORNIA

   ...SOUTHWESTERN TULARE COUNTY

AT 515 PM...TULARE COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE J STREET BRIDGE IN
PORTERVILLE WAS UNDER WATER. OUTFLOW IN THE TULE RIVER IS EXCEEDING
THE RIVERBANK CAPACITY...AND MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN
PORTERVILLE AND ALONG THE TULE RIVER THIS EVENING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

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.

NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 24, 2:25 PM PST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
215 PM PST FRI JAN 24 1997

LATEST SAT PIX SHOW LO CNTRD AT 36N/140W WTH LDG EDGE PCPN ARVG
NRN CA CST. 12Z MDLS IN GNRL AGRMNT WTH SYS MOVG INTO CNTRL CA
FRI NGT/SAT. CURRENT TIMING IS FOR SYS TO REACH YNP AFT MIDNGT
...TO FAT ARND 14Z...BFL 19Z AND TSP MTNS 21Z. ANTHR TROF IS
ABT 30 HRS BHND ON AVN FOR MOR RN SUN AFTN/NGT. SN LVL WL RMN
HI...ABT 7K FT THRU SUN THN DROP MON TO 5-6K FT.

MOS GUID FCSTS 2-4 INCHES IN FTHILLS THRU 12Z SUN WTH VLY FLOOR
RECEIVING UP TO AN INCH. WRM SE FLO SAT AHD FNT WL ADD TO "RN
SHADOW" IN S END SJV FOR LWR RNFL AMTS AND HIER TEMPS THERE.

PER COORD WTH MTR AND ADJ OFFICES...WSW FOR ZNS 22/23 SAT AND
HWA ZNS 24/25. SN LVLS ABV INHABITED AREAS IN KERN MTNS SO WL
NOT INCLUDE IN WSW ATTM BUT WNDS WL PICK UP SAT AFTN WTH GUSTS TO
60-80 MPH POSS THRU WKP AND TSP PASS AND INTO NWRN MHV DST AND
INDIAN WELLS VLY.

POPS FAT 4++5 BFL 2++5 YNP 7++8. SANGER

.HNX...FLD WRNG...UFN...MERCED RVR AT STEVINSON.
    ...WSW...SAT...ZNS 22-23.
    ...HIGH WND WATCH...SAT AFTN/SUN...ZN 24.
    ...SML RVR AND STRM FLD WATCH...FRI NGT/SAT...NRN ZN 22.
                                 ...SAT...RMNDR ZN 22 AND 23.
                                 ...SAT AFTN...ZN 24.

FAT RR 048/057 049/056 047 904++
BFL RR 049/065 050/059 048 902++
YNP RR 036/041 035/039 033 907++

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.