Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2000, 2:10 PM PST for Tulare County, California. It was in force for 20 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, 2:10 PM PST (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2000, 2:30 PM PST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Tulare County, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS56 KHNX 292213
TORFAT
CAC107-292230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
210 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL TULARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TULARE...VISALIA
* UNTIL 230 PM PST
* AT 205 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER TULARE...OR
ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TULARE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VISALIA AT 220 PM PST
2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARMERSVILLE...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EXETER...7
MILES NORTHWEST OF LINDSAY AT 225 PM PST
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3630 11947 3607 11928 3617 11900 3643 11919
86What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Oct 29, 9:00 AM PST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 9:00 AM PST, 5 hours 10 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, 2 hours 20 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, 2 hours 15 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, 1 hour 18 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, 1 hour 13 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, 1:40 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kings, Tulare | 35 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.