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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Hanford, CA

March 15, 2003Tulare County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2003, 1:06 PM PST for Tulare County, California. It was in force for 24 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: Mar 15, 2003, 1:06 PM PST (21:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2003, 1:30 PM PST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tulare County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 15, 8:45 AM PST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 8:45 AM PST, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 5:30 AM PST, 7 hours 36 minutes before

CAZ089>099-161345-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
530 AM PST SAT MAR 15 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
INTERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-TULARE COUNTY
MOUNTAINS(WWUS46 KHNX).  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
TODAY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE TULARE COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...AND THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS(WGUS66 KHNX).  ISOLATED
SEEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING(WWUS86 KHNX).

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR THE
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH SUNDAY(WWUS76 KHNX).

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

MORSE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 9:22 AM PST, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.