Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1998, 4:52 PM PDT for Fresno County, Kings County, Tulare County, California. It was in force for 58 min. 3 reports 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
- Jun 6, 1998, 4:52 PM PDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1998, 5:50 PM PDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fresno County, CA, Kings County, CA, Tulare County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:45 PM PDT | Hail 1 | Reedley, CA | As reported by Fresno County Ag Commissioner that large amounts of hail with some reaching 1" in diameter occurred in the Reedley area. Other damage areas in Fresno County were around Kerman, Riverdale, Orange Cove, and Kingsburg. |
| Jun 6, 5:50 PM PDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Orange Cove, CA | Thunderstorm wind blew down trees and powerlines near Orange Cove in Fresno County. Further damage was caused by small hail (less than 3/4" diameter) on crops from Fresno to Visalia including the communities of Reedley...Dinuba...Orosi...Exeter...Kingsburg... |
| Jun 6, 6:00 PM PDT | Hail 1 | Sultana, CA | The Ag Commissioner's Office reported the Sultana area of Northwest Tulare County was especially hard hit by this spring storm with hail a "quarter" in size. Moderate to severe damage occurred on 3478 acres of citrus and stone fruit...splitting the young frui |
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.
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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.