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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Hanford, CA

April 28, 2005Fresno County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2005, 2:44 PM PDT for Fresno County, California. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 28, 2005, 2:44 PM PDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2005, 3:15 PM PDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fresno County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 Apr 28, 2:30 PM PDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 2:30 PM PDT, 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
230 PM PDT THU APR 28 2005

.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...
SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST. SOME THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ESPECIALLY
IN THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. SOME OF STORMS ARE SEVERE MAINLY
FROM LARGE HAIL SIZE IN WEST FRESNO...KINGS AND TULARE COUNTIES.
THE LOW APPEARS TO BE FILLING AND WEAKENING AS THE COLD AIR ALOFT
MOVES INTO THE THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. EXPECT THUNDER
ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS REMAINING
MAINLY OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE
LOOKING FOR A DRYING AND WARMING TREND FRIDAY WITH SHORT WAVE
RIDGING DEVELOPING ACROSS CALIFORNIA. FLOW TURNS ONSHORE WITH UPPER
FLOW TURNING WESTERLY AS FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL SHORT MOVES INTO
THE EAST PACIFIC. GFS SHOW PLENTY OF UPPER MOISTURE AND CLOUDS
OVERSPREADING MUCH OF CALIFORNIA BY SATURDAY. A LEADING DISTURBANCE
MAY KICK OFF A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE SIERRA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE GFS TRENDING MORE PROGRESSIVE BUT IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE UK
MET. THIS AGREES WELL WITH THE FAST ZONAL FLOW SO WILL MENTION
SLIGHT CHANCE PROBABILITIES FOR LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF
THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. DO NOT EXPECT HEAVY RAIN
POTENTIAL WITH THE UPPER LOW QUICKLY MOVING THROUGH EAST OF THE
REGION BY 00Z MONDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD MONDAY ALONG
THE EAST PACIFIC AND SLOWLY BUILD EASTWARD OVER THE WESTERN U.S
PROVIDING DRY AND WARMER WEATHER FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

.LONG TERM...FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MODELS IN
GENERAL AGREEMENT OF ZONAL FLOW BRINGING A WEAK DISTURBANCE THRU THE
REGION SUN. HAVE CONTD WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MOST AREAS. WEAK
RIDGING SEEN FOR TUES/WED. MODELS DIVERGE ON THURS SOLN OF A TROF
APPCHG OR MOVG THRU THE AREA. HOWEVER...HEIGHTS REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH
AND MOISTURE VERY LIMITED...SO ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES IN THE SRN
SIERRA. TEMPS WILL SLOWLY WARM INTO MID-WEEK.

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/

MV/BINGHAM

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 6:05 AM PDT, 8 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
605 AM PDT THU APR 28 2005

CAZ089>094-291200-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
605 AM PDT THU APR 28 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AND THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

CAZ095>099-291200-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
605 AM PDT THU APR 28 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...
THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE INDIAN WELLS VALLEY...AND THE
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

TLM/JSN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 2:06 PM PDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
206 PM PDT THU APR 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0151 PM     HAIL             2 NW HANFORD            36.35N 119.67W
04/28/2005  0.75 INCH        KINGS              CA   NWS EMPLOYEE

0153 PM     HAIL             LEMOORE                 36.30N 119.79W
04/28/2005  0.75 INCH        KINGS              CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SANGER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 1:24 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Kings	36 min
Apr 28, 1:55 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno, Kings	35 min
Apr 28, 2:22 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Tulare	33 min
Apr 28, 3:07 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno, Madera	37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.