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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Hanford, CA

August 1, 2000Kern County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2000, 6:06 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 44 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
Aug 1, 2000, 6:06 PM PDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2000, 6:50 PM PDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Whole counties

County Kern County, CA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 1, 6:10 PM PDTHail 1.75Tehachapi, CA

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 Aug 1, 1:45 PM PDT, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 1:45 PM PDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
145 PM PDT TUE AUG 01 2000

GREAT BASIN HIGH CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER WITH THE RIDGE
AXIS ORIENTED EAST/WEST ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNINA THROUGH CENTRAL
NEVADA AND UTAH. AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST MID AND UPPER FLOW PREVAILS
OVER THE FORECAST AREA. VORTICITY CENTER NEAR 53N 138W IS FORECAST TO
MOVE SOUTHEAST AND FORM A TROUGH OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AS THIS OCCURS, THE HIGH CENTER GETS PUSHED
SOUTHEAST WHICH TURNS THE UPPER FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AND STARTS TO LOWER HEIGHTS.

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS CONVECTION. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY HAVE
INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA THE PAST 24 HOURS. CONVECTION ALREADY
FIRING OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA. MESOETA BRINGS A VORTICITY CENTER OVER
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT
ALONG WITH AN UPPER JET MAX. THESE ADDED DYNAMICS SHOULD ENHANCE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP THE
THREAT OF STORMS OVER THE FOOTHILLS AS WELL AS THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. 17Z EDW AND 12Z DRA RAOBS HAVE A VERY
PRONOUNCED INVERTED V. ALTHOUGH PW VALUES ARE UP FROM YESTERDAY, THE
POTENTIAL FOR A FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXISTS ALONG WITH GUSTY
WINDS. MODEL RH CROSS SECTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW BLOBS OF MOISTURE
MOVING AROSS THE AREA THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. A DRYING TREND IS
FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AND CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS BECOME LESS
FAVORABLE. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN THE SIERRA THROUGH THE PERIOD BUT
TAPER BACK THURSDAY. DESERT AREA IS LACKING OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT
AND WITH THE EASTERLY FLOW FEEL CHANCE OF CONVECTION THERE WILL BE
LIMITED TO SLIGHT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

ANOTHER WARM NIGHT TONIGHT AND HOT DAY TOMORROW WITH 850 AND 700 MB
TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO CHANGE LITTLE. SLIGHT COOLING FORECAST
THURSDAY AS THE GREAT BASIN HIGH GETS NUDGED SOUTHEAST.

EXTENDED MODELS FORECAST A TROUGH TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WEST COAST
BY THE WEEKEND RESULTING IN LOWER HEIGHTS AND THICKNESSES OVER THE
AREA. WILL ADVERTISE A GRADUAL COOLING TREND WITH TEMPERATURES
APPROACfHING NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND.

.HNX...NONE.

FAT BH 077/105 076/103 072 97220
BFL BH 078/105 077/103 074 97220
YNP BB 066/099 065/097 060 97443

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 1, 4:00 PM PDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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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.