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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this tornado warning at Oct 20, 2004, 2:18 PM PDT for Tulare County, California. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2004, 2:18 PM PDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2004, 2:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 27 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), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Edwards AFB, CA (KEDW), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 227 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS56 KHNX 202118 TORHNX CAC107-202145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA 214 PM PDT WED OCT 20 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN TULARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA * UNTIL 245 PM PDT * AT 205 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR DINUBA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF VISALIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE DINUBA VICINITY THROUGH 245 PM PDT. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3652 11946 3639 11932 3658 11910 3665 11918 $$ DUDLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2:16 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | HNX | Tulare | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.