Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Hanford, CA

INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
315 AM PST MON FEB 02 1998

WELL...LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE...FOG WILL NOT BE A PROB DURING THE
NEXT TWO DAYS. HWVR...JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER KIND OF WX WILL BE A PROB
THOUGH. DVLPG SYS...NR 140W...ALREADY SPREDG RAIN IN KERN CNTY. PCPN
ALNG FRMG WRM FNT WHICH WL PUSH N THROUGH FA TDA. RAIN TO INCR OVR
ENTIRE RGN DURG DAY WITH ALL MDLS INDICATING TREMENDOUS RAIN POTENTIAL
OVR FA DURG NXT 36 HRS.

IN SJV...AS WRM FNT CONTS TO DEVELP AND MOV N...IT WL MOV PCPN N WITH
IT. SO XPCT PCPN IN KERN CNTY TO MOV N WITH WRM FNT SO SRN SECTIONS TO
SEE A DECR IN PCPN THIS AFTN. CNTRL SECTIONS OF SJV TO SEE PCPN INCR
DURG DAY AS WRM FNT APPROACHES AND PASSES TO THE N. THEN OVRNIGHT
TONIGHT...PCPN MOVS SE DN THE VLY AGN AS COLD FNT MOV IN FM THE WEST.
BTWN THE PASSING OF THE WRM FNT TO THE N TDA AND THE COLD FNT MOVG IN
FM THE WEST TONIGHT WILL BE WINDY. WND ADV IN EFFECT FOR SJV FOR THIS
AFTN AND TONIGHT WITH FAR S END MOST LIKELY TO HV HIGHEST GUSTS.
RAMSDIS INDICATED PW/S IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH WHICH WL LEAD TO FLOODING
PROB WHEN UPCOMING HVY RAIN WL BE COMBINED WITH PREV RAIN DURG PAST
THREE DAYS.

IN MTNS...FLO ALF WL RMN FM SW FOR NXT 24-36 HRS. THAT WL BE BIGGER
FACTOR IN PRODUCING A STEADY SUPPLY OF RAIN AND NOT INFLUENCED AS MUCH
BY THE DEVLOPG SURFACE WRM FNT/COLD FNT. SNOW LEVEL TO RISE TO 7K OR
ABV AND RMN THERE TIL AFT FN PASSES TUE. FLOODING PROBS TO BE HAD IN
MTNS AS WELL WITH 5+ INCHES OF RAIN POSS THRU TUE. AS STG SFC LOW MOVS
TOWRD CA CST...XPT SE WND TO DEVLP IN TSP MTNS...ESP ALONG HIGHWAY 58
IN TEHACHAPI PASS. CLOUD SEE HIGH WINDS THERE SO HV ISSUED HW WATCH FOR
THIS AFTN AND TONIGHT. SEE ALL WATCH/WRN/ADV/S BLO.

KERN DESERTS COULD SEE BRIEF HVY RAIN THIS AM AND AGN TONIGHT BUT AT
PRESENT AM NOT XPCTG AND WND OR FLOOD PROB WITH CURRNT WX PTRN...YET.
DC

FAT RR 063/052 060/044 057 98+++
BFL RR 068/054 062/045 058 98+++
YNP RR 047/038 045/035 040 98+++

.HNX...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA ABOVE 7000
       FEET NORTH OF KERN COUNTY THROUGH TUESDAY...ZONES 22/23
       FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI
       MOUNTAINS BELOW 7000 FEET AND THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN
       JOAQUIN VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY...ZONES 20/21/22/23/24
       WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL AND
       SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...ZONES 20/21
       HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON
       THROUGH TONIGHT...ZONE 24.

CAZ024-021400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
535 AM PST MON FEB 02 1998

...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
   TONIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS CANCELLED...

A STRONG PACIFIC STORM IS BRINGING RAIN AND HIGH WINDS TO THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS TODAY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE HIGH...ABOVE 7000 FEET
TODAY BEFORE LOWERING TO 6000 FEET TUESDAY. AS ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE CONFINED TO THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION.

SANGER

CAZ024-021400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
535 AM PST MON FEB 02 1998

...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
   TONIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS CANCELLED...

A STRONG PACIFIC STORM IS BRINGING RAIN AND HIGH WINDS TO THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS TODAY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE HIGH...ABOVE 7000 FEET
TODAY BEFORE LOWERING TO 6000 FEET TUESDAY. AS ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE CONFINED TO THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION.

SANGER