Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1998, 2:35 PM PST for Fresno County, Kings County, California. It was in force for 40 min. 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 24, 1998, 2:35 PM PST (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 1998, 3:15 PM PST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fresno County, CA, Kings County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2:40 PM PST | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanford, CA | Gusty wind with a thunderstorm measured at 42 MPH at Lemoore Naval Air Station brought down 32 power poles in north Kings County. the power company indicated 20,000 customers were affected by the downed lines for up to 12 hours. |
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.
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 Mar 24, 2:00 PM PST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 2:00 PM PST, 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 1:09 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Madera, Merced | 66 min |
| Mar 24, 1:44 PM PST | Tornado Warning | HNX | Madera, Merced | 31 min |
| Mar 24, 2:35 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 2:47 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Mariposa | 28 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.