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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Hanford, CA

February 27, 2000Fresno County, Tulare County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 2000, 4:14 PM PST for Fresno County, Tulare County, California. It was in force for 61 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: Feb 27, 2000, 4:14 PM PST (00:14 UTC)
Expired: Feb 27, 2000, 5:15 PM PST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fresno County, CA, Tulare County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAT 280016
SVRFAT
CAC019-107-280115-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
414 PM PST SUN FEB 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN FRESNO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
  NORTHWESTERN TULARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

* UNTIL 515 PM PST

* AT 410 PM...SPOTTERS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
  KINGSBURG... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DINUBA AT 425 PM
  PINE FLAT AT 445 PM

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWVAY FROM WINDOWS!

SANGER

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 27, 3:50 PM PST, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 3:50 PM PST, 24 minutes before

INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
350 PM PST SUN FEB 27 2000

WITH SEVERE WEATHER IN PROGRESS OVER THE CWA THIS AFTN WILL KEEP
THIS BRIEF. UNSTABLE AIRMASS WAS MOVING ACROSS CNTRL CA WITH
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY BECOMING LOCALLY SEVERE NEAR FRESNO AND MADERA
COUNTIES. MODELS RUNS DID WELL SHOWING NEGATIVE LIFTED INDICES AND
CAPES 200-700 J/KG...IMPRESSIVE LLVL SHEAR/HELICITY WITH UP-VALLEY
SE WINDS 15-25KTS IN LOWEST 1-2KFT. FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA AND KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE THE CURRENT WARNINGS IN EFFECT AS
CONSIDERABLE SHOWER ACTIVITY PERSISTS INTO EARLY EVENING. EXPECT
SNOW LEVELS AROUND 3000 FEET NORTH...LOCALLY DOWN TO 2500 FEET IN
HEAVIER SHOWERS...AND WILL ALSO MAINTAIN SNOW ADVISORY 3-4KFT IN THE
FOOTHILLS NORTH OF KERN COUNTY. SNOW LEVELS IN KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
WILL DROP NEAR 4000 FEET AND POSSIBLY IMPACT THE PASSES WITH A FEW
INCHES ACCUMULATION. STORM SHOULD WIND DOWN QUICKLY OVERNIGHT.

WILL ALLOW FOR SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE FOR
THE FOOTHILLS NORTH OF KERN COUNTY. PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAVY RAIN
OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME EARLY THIS MORN WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.

MESO-ETA CONFIRMS IDEA THAT ENOUGH UPSLOPE AND LIFT WILL COMBINE
WITH LINGERING LOW-MID LVL MSTR TO KEEP A MENTION OF CHC SHOWERS FOR
NORTH/WEST SLOPES OF KERN COUNTY MTNS AND LOCAL DRIZZLE EARLY MON
FOR TULARE FOOTHILLS. FOR LATER PERIODS...NEXT SYSTEM WILL FOLLOW
QUICKLY ON THIS ONE/S HEELS. USED TIMING OF THE AVN MON NIGHT/TUE
BRINGING BEST CHANCES OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS ABT 12-20Z TUE.

.HNX...WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
       NEVADA NORTH OF KERN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT.
    ...WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4500 FEET FOR THE KERN COUNTY
       MOUNTAINS UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT.
    ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA NORTH OF
       KERN COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM.

FAT BW 046/061 047/062 042 95604
BFL EE 049/063 047/064 044 95500
YNP BS 029/041 032/034 034 95906

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 27, 2:27 PM PST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
227 PM PST SUN FEB 27 2000

TIME(PST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0217 PM    MADERA                   CA    0.75 INCH HAIL
02/27/00   MADERA                         ONE INCH DEEP
                                          SPOTTER REPORT

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.