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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2000, 3:19 PM PST for Fresno County, California. It was in force for 16 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, 3:19 PM PST (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2000, 3:35 PM PST
- In force
- 16 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 23:18 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 WFUS56 KHNX 272319 TORFAT CAC019-272335- BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 319 PM PST SUN FEB 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA * UNTIL 335 PM PST * AT 317 PM... SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO SOUTHERN CITY OF FRESNO.. . MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... HIGGHWAY 99 BETWEEN CALWA AND MALAGA IN EXTREME SOUTH FRESNO BY 320 PM A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND! GO 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, 1:41 PM PST | Tornado Warning | HNX | Fresno | 34 min |
| 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, 3:40 PM PST | Tornado Warning | HNX | Fresno | 30 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in California, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes in 2000
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.