Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Hanford, CA

March 13, 1998Fresno County, Merced County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 13, 1998, 12:22 PM PST for Fresno County, Merced County, California. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1998, 12:22 PM PST (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1998, 2:30 PM PST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fresno County, CA, Merced County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 12:43 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXFresno, Kings, Madera2 hr
Mar 13, 1:51 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningHNXMadera2 hr
Mar 13, 2:34 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXKern56 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

Sources

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.