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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Hanford, CA

March 24, 1998Kern County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1998, 2:35 PM PST for Kern County, California. It was in force for 40 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 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

County Kern County, CA

The radar

The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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 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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The office that day

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	Fresno, Kings	40 min
Mar 24, 2:47 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Mariposa	28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 1998 Every 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.