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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1998, 2:11 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 54 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
- May 5, 1998, 2:11 PM PDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1998, 3:05 PM PDT
- In force
- 54 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 21:13 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 5, 9:30 AM PDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 9:30 AM PDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:54 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kings | 31 min |
| May 4, 6:38 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kings | 37 min |
| May 5, 2:23 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno, Kings | 57 min |
| May 5, 3:27 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Kern | 118 min |
| May 5, 4:38 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Merced | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.