Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1998, 12:43 PM PST for Fresno County, Kings County, Madera County, California. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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
- Mar 13, 1998, 12:43 PM PST (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1998, 2:45 PM PST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fresno County, CA, Kings County, CA, Madera County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 1:00 PM PST | Hail 0.75 | Kerman, CA | A severe thunderstorm moved north toward Madera County depositing hail to a depth of 2" on the ground at points north and northeast of Kerman. The accompnaying deluge of rain led to multiple crashes on area highways sending 4 people to area hospitals beginnin |
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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:22 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Fresno, Merced | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:51 PM PST | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Madera | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:34 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 56 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.