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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2000, 1:41 PM PST for Fresno County, California. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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 27, 2000, 1:41 PM PST (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2000, 2:15 PM PST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fresno County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 1:59 PM PST | Tornado F0 | Kerman, CA | Numerous almond trees knocked down in a rural area of Fresno County. Eyewitness accounts indicate rotational motion in almond blossom petals, more than 20 fallen trees in the debris field, and the movement of irrigation pipe as indicators. Event reported to |
| Feb 27, 2:10 PM PST | Tornado F0 | Caruthers, CA | Reported 48 hours late by a storm spotter. Another tornado within this event in a rural area of Fresno County (intersection of Parlier and Brawley to Parlier and Valentine). The tornado moved east over open land and fallow row crops. No damage. |
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 WFUS56 KHNX 272141 TORFAT CAC019-272215- BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 141 PM PST SUN FEB 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA * UNTIL 215 PM PST * AT 137 PM... SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MENDOTA... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 13 MPH. A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND! GKO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! SANGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 1:53 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Madera | 47 min |
| Feb 27, 2:21 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno | 44 min |
| Feb 27, 2:44 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Madera | 51 min |
| Feb 27, 3:00 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno | 80 min |
| Feb 27, 3:19 PM PST | Tornado Warning | HNX | Fresno | 16 min |
| Feb 27, 3:40 PM PST | Tornado Warning | HNX | Fresno | 30 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.