Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 1997, 3:47 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 2, 1997, 3:47 PM PDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 1997, 4:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kern County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:50 PM PDT | Hail 1 | Lake Isabella, CA | Report of this severe thunderstorm was delayed until the next day but hail size was reported by long-time observers at Mountain Mesa (4 miles east of the town of Lake Isabella) |
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.
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.