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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2000, 3:40 PM PST for Fresno County, California. It was in force for 30 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
- Feb 27, 2000, 3:40 PM PST (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2000, 4:10 PM PST
- In force
- 30 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 23:41 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, 4:00 PM PST | Hail 0.75 | Sanger, CA | Larger hail damaged strawberry fields west of Sanger. Actual size not reported but presence of damage indicates larger hail present. One other Severe Thunderstorm warning was issued late in the afternoon (at 1610 PST) that was based on a meso-cyclone radar si |
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 272340 TORFAT CAC019-280010- BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 340 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 410 PM PST * AT 329 PM... AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR CLOVIS AVE AND HERNDON AVE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL C\ONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY THROUGH 410 PM AND ADDITIONAL TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU SEE A TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY...IF POSSIBLE IN 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, 3:19 PM PST | Tornado Warning | HNX | Fresno | 16 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.