Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 1998, 6:41 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 109 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
- Aug 11, 1998, 6:41 PM PDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1998, 8:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 109 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 120216 FFWFAT CAC029-120320- BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 641 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA * UNTIL 830 PM PDT * AT 630 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT EXTENDED FROM EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE TO ROSAMOND. ACTIVITY WAS MOVING WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * WEATHER SPOTTERS IN ROSAMOND REPORTED STREET FLOODING WITH RAIN AMOUNTS OF 0.90 INCHES OCCURRING BETWEEN 545 PM AND 630 PM THIS EVENING. . DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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. DURFEE
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 Aug 11, 1:30 PM PDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:30 PM PDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 130 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 1998 GOING WITH THE ETA THIS AFTERNOON AS IT IS A GOOD COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE WET NGM AND THE OVERLY DRY AVN. SHOWERS/T-STORMS BECOMING MORE ACTIVE ACROSS THE SIERRA TODAY. ETA SHOWS GRADUAL DECREASE IN MOISTURE BY THURS AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO CENTRAL NV AND THIS ACCEPTED. LITTLE OR NO DYNAMICS ALOFT...SO AFTERNOON BUILDUPS WILL BE PURELY OROGRAPHIC AND NOT AFFECT DESERT AREAS. LIGHT EAST STEARING WINDS WILL KEEP T-STORMS OUT OF THE VALLEY...THOUGH A FEW MID-LEVEL CLOUDS COULD DRIFT OVER THE EAST SIDE. TEMPS SHOULD PEAK OUT WEDNESDAY UNDER MAX HEIGHT RISES...THEN LEVEL OFF THURS. RELATIVELY LOW DEW POINTS AS COMPARED TO LAST WEEK WILL KEEP THE HEAT INDEX OUT OF ADVISORY CRITERIA. THURS...THE ETA BEGINS DRYING THINGS OUT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AS MONSOON MOISTURE IS SUPPRESSED SOUTHWARD. KERN DESERTS SHOULD REMAIN DRY DUE TO LACK OF UPPER DYNAMICS. IN THE EXTENDED...MODELS BEGIN TO SHIFT UPPER HIGH EAST AS A TROF APPROACHES THE WEST COAST. THIS WILL ALLOW THE MARINE LAYER TO DEEPEN ENOUGH TO BEGIN COOLING THE CENTRAL VALLEY. HEIGHT FALLS WILL ALSO COOL OFF REST OF THE REGION. AS FLOW BECOMES SOUTHWEST...MOUNTAINS WILL DRY OUT FOR THE WEEKEND. FAT 0000 BFL 0000 YNP 2332 .HNX...NONE. FAT UU 075/106 076/106 076 85000 BFL UU 077/106 078/106 078 85000 YNP BB 064/094 064/095 064 85233 BINGHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 6:56 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Kern | 59 min |
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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.