Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Hanford, CA

March 13, 1998Kern County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1998, 2:34 PM PST for Kern County, California. It was in force for 56 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
Mar 13, 1998, 2:34 PM PST (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1998, 3:30 PM PST
In force
56 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 22:35 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, 12:22 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningHNXFresno, Merced2 hr
Mar 13, 12:43 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXFresno, Kings, Madera2 hr
Mar 13, 1:51 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningHNXMadera2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 1998Every severe thunderstorm 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.