Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Hanford, CA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
300 PM PDT FRI APR 14 2006

.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...UPPER TROF MOVG
INTO THE LAX BASIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG DIFLUENT FLOW HAS
SET UP ACROSS THE CENTRAL CA INTERIOR....HELPING TO TRIGGER ISOLD
TSTMS. TROF AXIS WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA BEFORE SUNSET AND THAT
WILL END MUCH OF THE PRECIP THREAT. A FAIRLY WEAK SHORTWAVE TROF
WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST TONIGHT...KEEPING A LINGERING THREAT OF
LIGHT SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY MTNS. ON SAT...NEXT PAC TROF WILL MOVE
TOWARD THE WEST COAST SAT. PRECIP WITH THIS TROF WILL BE MAINLY
NORTH OF CENTRAL CA EXCEPT FOR A FEW SHOWERS AROUND YOSEMITE. ON SAT
NITE AND SUN...THE JET AXIS WITH THIS TROF WILL GRADUALLY SAX SOUTH
INTO CENTRAL CA. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASING THREAT OF PRECIP
NORTH OF KERN CO FOR SUN...ESPECIALLY FROM FRESNO NORTH WHERE RAIN
IS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SYS WILL MOVE OFF TO
THE EAST SUN NITE. THIS WILL ALLOW RIDGING TO TAKE PLACE ALONG THE
WEST COAST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN QUITE A WHILE...ALONG WITH WARMING
TEMPS.

.LONG TERM...FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...EXPECT DRY NORTHWEST
FLOW MONDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE EXITING UPPER TROUGH...WITH
TEMPERATURES WARMING TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO FOR TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY AS A SHORTWAVE RIDGE BUILDS OVERHEAD. GFS CONTINUES
TO SHOW A WEAK IMPULSE PUSHING THROUGH THE RIDGE ACROSS CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS SLOWLY
EAST. THIS FEATURE SHOULD HAVE LITTLE EFFECT OTHER THAN PERHAPS SOME
INCREASE IN CLOUDS. BY FRIDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE ANOTHER
TROUGH APPROACHING THE WEST COAST...WITH A POSSIBLE CLOSED LOW
FORMING SOMEWHERE OFF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. THIS
COULD BRING A CHANCE FOR PRECIP TO THE DISTRICT FOR NEXT WEEKEND.
FOR NOW THE FORECAST FOR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE SIERRA FRIDAY
LOOKS GOOD.

&&

.AVIATION...EXPECT AREAS OF MVFR ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
INTERIOR THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO SCATTERED SHOWERS...WITH SOME
OBSCURATION OF HIGHER TERRAIN. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
LOCAL IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS OVER VALLEY AND FOOTHILL LOCATIONS THROUGH
THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS INTERIOR
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH 00Z SUN. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE
REFER TO TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL.

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN
     RIVER BELOW FRIANT DAM.

&&

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

BINGHAM/JEB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
500 AM PDT FRI APR 14 2006

CAZ093>099-151200-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
500 AM PDT FRI APR 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER
ELEVATION OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...AND THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.

CAZ089>092-151200-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
500 AM PDT FRI APR 14 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.

MORSE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
301 PM PDT FRI APR 14 2006

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

0242 PM     HAIL             4 ESE PORTERVILLE       36.04N 118.96W
04/14/2006  E0.75 INCH       TULARE             CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JEB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
339 PM PDT FRI APR 14 2006

CAZ089-090-093-094-150300-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
339 PM PDT FRI APR 14 2006

...FUNNEL CLOUDS OCCURRING OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY...

A NORTH-SOUTH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM MADERA COUNTY
NORTHWARD THROUGH MERCED COUNTY AND INTO TUOLUMNE COUNTY AS OF 330
PM PDT. WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PUBLIC REPORTS OF FUNNEL
CLOUDS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER ATWATER AND NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF
TEHACHAPI. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE BRIEF IN DURATION AND RADAR DOES
NOT INDICATE ANY SUBSTANTIAL DEPTH OF ROTATION IN THE THUNDERSTORMS.
FURTHER FUNNEL CLOUD DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM
LINE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS DO POSE DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. AS THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVES INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
OCCURS STREAMS MAY RUN CLOSE TO BANKFULL DUE TO SATURATED SOILS. DO
NOT CROSS ROADWAYS COVERED IN WATER.

THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION.

GUDGEL