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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Hanford, CA

February 16, 2000Kern County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2000, 5:10 PM PST for Kern County, California. It was in force for 30 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: Feb 16, 2000, 5:10 PM PST (01:10 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2000, 5:40 PM PST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Area: Whole counties

County Kern County, CA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 16, 5:23 PM PST	Hail 0.75	Lamont, CA	The hail covered the ground completely from a thunderstorm southeast of Bakersfield.

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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS56 KHNX 170123
SVRFAT
WUUS56 KHNX 170111
SVRFAT
CAC029-170140-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED  ...RE-TRANSMISSION FOR KERN CO...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
510 PM PST WED FEB 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

* UNTIL 540 PM PST

* AT 505 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF CENTRAL BAKERSFIELD... MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ARVIN AND LAMONT AT 520 PM PST

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

MB

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA MOVE INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.

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 Feb 16, 2:30 PM PST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 2:30 PM PST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
230 PM PST WED FEB 16 2000

NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE ERN PAC THIS AFTERNOON
WITH FRONTAL BAND PUSHING INLAND GENERATING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS.
PARAMETERS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONGER CONVECTION THIS AFTN/EVE...
HOWEVER PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER HAS IMPEDED SURFACE HEATING AND ONLY
LIMITED LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAS BEEN DETECTED UNDER CORE OF COLD POOL
OFFSHORE. WITH STRONG FORCING PROGGED TO CONT THROUGH 06Z...AND WITH
WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES AND MARGINAL CAPE ACROSS THE AREA...WILL
MAINTAIN MENTION OF EVE THUNDERSTORMS IN ZONES. ALTHOUGH MODEL QPF/S
ARE MARGINAL FOR ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA TONIGHT
...AREAL COVERAGE HAS INCREASED ON KHNX 88D WITH DECENT OROGRAPHICS
EVIDENT ON VWP. WITH FREEZING LEVELS PROGGED TO FALL TO NEAR 5K...
AND AFT COORD WITH ADJACENT WFOS...WILL ISSUE SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH
900 PM. PRECIP WILL TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT AS TROUGH AXIS SHIFTS
EAST ALLOWING A DRIER NW FLOW TO BECOME ESTABLISHED.

A BRIEF BREAK IS PROGGED FOR THURS AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGE
TRANSITIONS OVERHEAD. RIDGE APPEARS RATHER DIRTY...HOWEVER...AND
X-SECTIONS SHOW BULK OF WAA REMAINING ABOVE H6 WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
LOW-LEVEL TEMPS. 12Z PROGS ARE SIMILAR THROUGH 48 HOURS SHOWING LOW
CURRENTLY NEAR 37N/148W PROCEEDING RAPIDLY TO A POSITION APPROX 350
MILES WEST OF THE CENTRAL COAST BY 12Z FRI. AVN INDICATES CENTER AND
STRONGEST DYNAMICS WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE CWA THROUGH 00Z SAT WITH
A SHARP W-E MOISTURE GRADIENT. HOWEVER...GIVEN AVAILABLE MOISTURE
EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR PICS AND MODEL TENDENCY TO MISHANDLE CLOSED
LOWS...WILL INTRO POPS ON FRI.

SOME DISAGREEMENTS EXIST IN MEDIUM RANGE MODELS WITH LOCATION AND
TIMING OF LOW AS IT SHIFTS INLAND THIS WEEKEND. NEXT UPSTREAM
SYS...HOWEVER...IS PROGGED TO APPROACH THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK
WITH LITTLE BREAK IN CURRENT WET PATTERN. FAT 5005 BFL 6005 YNP 8003

.HNX...SNOW ADVISORY FROM YOSEMITE SOUTH THROUGH THE KERN COUNTY
       MOUNTAINS UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT.

FAT BW 044/059 044/062 046 88500
BFL BW 045/061 043/063 046 88600
YNP BW 034/044 034/047 036 88800

JSN

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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.