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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Hanford, CA

September 3, 1997Kern County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 1997, 6:34 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 116 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: Sep 3, 1997, 6:34 PM PDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 1997, 8:30 PM PDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Area: Whole counties

County Kern County, CA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFAT 040135
FFWFAT
CAC029-040330-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
634 PM PDT WED SEP 3 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CALIFORNIA
 
   ...EASTERN KERN COUNTY
 
FLASH FLOODING HAS OCCURED NEAR RED ROCK CANYON IN EASTERN KERN
COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOJAVE. THE CHP REPORTS WATER AND
DEBRIS OVER HIGHWAY 14 NEAR RED ROCK-RANDSBURG ROAD...JUST SOUTH OF RED
ROCK STATE PARK.
 
IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS WHILE CROSSING WATER...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS
OCCUPANTS AND *SWEEP YOU AWAY.  MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 3, 2:44 PM PDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 2:44 PM PDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
230 PM PDT WED SEP 03 1997

NO TSTMS YET THIS AFTN...BUT STILL A SLGT CHC OVR MTNS AND DESERT
THIS EVENING.  MODELS KEEP SOME 700MB MOISTURE OVR THE SIERNV THRU
FRIDAY...BUT AVN BRINGS UPR FLOW MORE SWLY...ESPECIALLY BY FRI.
SAT LOOPS ALREADY INDICATING A BIT OF A SWLY COMPONENT TO THE UPR
FLOW.  WILL PLAY IT CAUTIOUS FOR NOW AND KEEP A SLGT CHC OVR THE MTNS
AND KERN DESERT THRU THE PD...BUT THINK IT WILL BE LIMITED TO THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS ON FRIDAY.  FOR THE VLY...MOSTLY CLEAR THRU THE PD.
TEMPS RECOVERED RAPIDLY FROM TUESDAYS COOL TEMPS.  EXPECT TEMPS TO
WARM ANOTHER FEW DEGREES OVRF THE NEXT 2 DAYS AS HGTS/THKNS RISE
SLGTLY.

FAT BFL 0000 YNP 2221

.HNX...NONE.

FAT UU 064/094 064/095 065 99000
BFL UU 066/094 066/094 065 99000
YNP BB 056/080 056/083 054 99222

BEAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 7:41 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Kern	49 min
Sep 3, 8:23 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Kern	67 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.