Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Hanford, CA

Issued

Jul 5, 2001, 1:39 PM PDT (20:39 UTC)

Expired

Jul 5, 2001, 5:00 PM PDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Hanford, CA

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Kern County, CA

000 
WGUS56 KHNX 052041
FFWHNX
CAC029-052345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
139 PM PDT THU JUL 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

* UNTIL 500 PM PDT

* AT 139 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRAZIER PARK...OR NEAR PINE
  MOUNTAIN CLUB.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVEREz WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
HANFORD CA.

LAT...LON 3488 11927 3476 11911 3500 11878 3516 11897

NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 5, 9:05 AM PDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
905 AM PDT THU JUL 5 2001

UPDATES THIS MORNING FOR SKY CONDITION WORDING TODAY...OTHERWISE
FORECAST ON TRACK. BIG COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS NOTED THIS MORNING OVER
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDER OFF THE SAN DIEGO COAST.
THIS AREA IS HEADING NORTHWEST TOWARD CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. SATELLITE
IMAGERY SHOWS A SECOND THIN BAND OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE FROM POINT
CONCEPTION TO LAKE TAHOE WITH MONTEREY RADAR INDICATING VIRGA. EXPECT
THIS BAND OF MOISTURE TO REMAIN OVER THE FAR NORTHERN PART OF THE
FORECAST AREA IN MERCED COUNTY. CONCERNS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL REMAIN
FOCUSED ON THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT AS MORNING SOUNDINGS AT DESERT ROCK
(NORTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS) AND SAN DIEGO SHOW STRONG INSTABILITY. DESERT
ROCK SHOWED CAPE EXCEEDING 3500 J/KG WITH LIFTED INDICES NEAR -10...
WHILE COASTAL SAN DIEGO HAD A CAPE OVER 1300 AND LI TO -3. WITH THE FLOW
PATTERN REMAINING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AS TODAY...EXPECT THIS VERY
UNSTABLE AIR AND ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX TO MOVE NORTHWEST INTO
THE KERN DESERTS BY MID DAY AND INTO THE SIERRA AND SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
BY LATER IN THE DAY AND TONIGHT. LOOKS LIKE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
LENGTHY CONVECTIVE EPISODE. JUST HOW MUCH CONVECTION GETS INTO
THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IS ALWAYS QUESTIONABLE BUT THIS PATTERN IS
CLASSIC FOR IT TO OCCUR. CURRENT ZONES HAVE THE POPS COVERED WELL AND
WILL NOT UPDATE LATER PERIODS.

.HNX...NONE.

DUDLEY

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.