Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 29, 2000, 1:40 PM PST for Kings County, Tulare County, California. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2000, 1:40 PM PST (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2000, 2:15 PM PST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Kings County, CA, Tulare County, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS56 KHNX 292142 SVRFAT CAC031-107-292215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA 140 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KINGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WEST CENTRAL TULARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TULARE...VISALIA * UNTIL 215 PM PST * AT 136 PM PST...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF CORCORAN...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HANFORD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CORCORAN AT 210 PM PST * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FARMERSVILLE AND EXETER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAYo YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HANFORD CA. LAT...LON 3600 12000 3582 11978 3629 11906 3652 11928 86
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 Oct 29, 9:00 AM PST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 9:00 AM PST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
900 AM PST SUN OCT 29 2000
THE MAIN LOW CENTER IS SITUATED OFF THE OREGON COAST WITH THE
LONGWAVE TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING ABOUT DUE SOUTH. A NUMBER OF VORT
CENTERS ARE ROTATING THROUGH THE TROUGH. SURFACE COLD FRONT IS
POSTITIONED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH. THIS
HAS BEEN THE FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT WITH THE BACK EDGE
OF THE STRATIFORM PRECIP EXTENDING FROM FAR WESTERN KERN COUNTY TO
NEAR FAT THEN NORTH INTO THE MARIPOSA AND MERCED COUNTY FOOTHILLS.
BEHIND THE FRONT SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ARE SHOWING UP ON
SATELLITE ALONG WITH MORE SHOWERY TYPE PRECIPITATION. RAINFALL TOTALS
SO FAR IN THE CENTRAL SJV ARE GENERALLY AROUND .50 INCH ON THE VALLEY
FLOOR WITH SOME FOOTHILL LOCATIONS REPORTING AMOUNTS RANING FROM 1.00
TO 2.27 INCHES. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SIERRA SEEMS TO BE
VERIFYING WITH TUOLUME MEADOWS REPORTING 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SO
FAR.
MAIN CONCERNS TODAY ARE POTENTIAL SMALL STREAM PROBLEMS AND AFTERNOON
CONVECTION. SHOWERY PRECIPITATION IS ALREADY MOVING INTO THE
NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA BEHIND THE FRONT. VORT CENTER
LOCATED NEAR 37N 127W ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY IS SLATED TO MOVE ASHORE
ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING GOOD PVA INTO
THE AREA. STABILITY INDICIES INDICATING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR
CONVECTION LATER TODAY AS H5 TEMPS FALL BELOW -20 DEGREES CELCIUS.
FEEL NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH SOME LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN ARE A GOOD BET TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH
HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH THIS IN MIND AND THE AMOUNT OF
RAINFALL ALREADY RECEIVED...WILL ISSUE A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR THE CENTRAL SJV.
GOING FORECAST APPEARS IN GOOD SHAPE. WILL UPDATE THIS MORNING TO
ADD HEADLINE FOR THE CENTRAL SJV ZONES.
.HNX...WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY FOR THE 'SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE PARK TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE.
...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY TODAY FOR THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
LINDQUISTIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 11:50 AM PST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
CAZ089>094-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-CONVECTIVE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1250 PM PDT SUN OCT 29 2000 ...RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND HELP TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INTERIOR CALIFORNIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF A VERY COLD POCKET OF AIR ALOFT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND WARMING OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE LOW LEVELS...WILL CAUSE ISOLATED STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTS TO 58 MPH OR HIGHER. HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANYING ANY THUNDERSTORM CAN CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS... HIGHWAYS...AND SMALL STREAMS. RESIDENTS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY SHOULD KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AS SOON AS THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DURING HEAVY RAIN AND MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS ROADS WHERE WATER HAS PONDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE... FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/HANFORD. DURFEE N
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 11:55 AM PST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
CAZ089>094-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-CONVECTIVE WEATHER OUTLOOK (CORRECTION) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1255 PM PDT SUN OCT 29 2000 ...RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND HELP TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INTERIOR CALIFORNIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF A VERY COLD POCKET OF AIR ALOFT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND WARMING OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE LOW LEVELS...WILL CAUSE ISOLATED STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTS TO 58 MPH OR HIGHER. HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANYING ANY THUNDERSTORM CAN CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS... HIGHWAYS...AND SMALL STREAMS. RESIDENTS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...SHOULD KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AS SOON AS THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DURING HEAVY RAIN AND MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS ROADS WHERE WATER HAS PONDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE... FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/HANFORD. DURFEE N
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 12:52 PM PST, 48 minutes before
CAZ089>094-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-CONVECTIVE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1250 PM PDT SUN OCT 29 2000 ...RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND HELP TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INTERIOR CALIFORNIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF A VERY COLD POCKET OF AIR ALOFT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND WARMING OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE LOW LEVELS...WILL CAUSE ISOLATED STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTS TO 58 MPH OR HIGHER. HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANYING ANY THUNDERSTORM CAN CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS... HIGHWAYS...AND SMALL STREAMS. RESIDENTS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY SHOULD KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AS SOON AS THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DURING HEAVY RAIN AND MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS ROADS WHERE WATER HAS PONDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADRIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE... FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/HANFORD. DURFEE N
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 12:57 PM PST, 43 minutes before
CAZ089>094-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-CONVECTIVE WEATHER OUTLOOK (CORRECTION) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1255 PM PDT SUN OCT 29 2000 ...RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND HELP TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INTERIOR CALIFORNIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF A VERY COLD POCKET OF AIR ALOFT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND WARMING OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE LOW LEVELS...WILL CAUSE ISOLATED STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTS TO 58 MPH OR HIGHER. HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANYING ANY THUNDERSTORM CAN CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS... HIGHWAYS...AND SMALL STREAMS. RESIDENTS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...SHOULD KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AS SOON AS THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DURING HEAVY RAIN AND MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS ROADS WHERE WATER HAS PONDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE... FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/HANFORD. DURFEE N
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2:10 PM PST | Tornado Warning | HNX | Tulare | 20 min |
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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.