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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Hanford, CA

April 4, 2006Fresno County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2006, 3:35 PM PDT for Fresno County, California. It was in force for 25 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 4, 2006, 3:35 PM PDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2006, 4:00 PM PDT
In force: 25 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 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 4, 11:12 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 4, 3:35 PM PDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 3:35 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
335 PM PDT TUE APR 4 2006

.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...HYDROLOGIC
PROBLEMS CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
FLOODING IN MERCED COUNTY...AND LOCAL FLOODING ELSEWHERE IN THE
HANFORD WARNING/FORECAST AREA. WITH RAINFALL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT...HAVE EXTENDED ALL FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES
THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY.

AT 21Z...SNOW LEVELS WERE AROUND 7000 FEET NEAR YOSEMITE...AND 8000
FEET IN KERN AND TULARE COUNTIES. SNOW LEVELS HAVE BEGUN FALLING IN
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE AS THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW APPROACHES THE
COAST AND THE COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT PUSHES ONSHORE.

THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DROP TO AROUND 4000 FEET NEAR YOSEMITE BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND TO 5000 FEET IN THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS. THE
GRAPEVINE AND TEHACHAPI PASS COULD SEE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OVER
THE HIGHER POINTS. THE RAIN AND SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WITH A DEEP COLD LAYER ALOFT...
THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR MORE AFTERNOON CONVECTION...SO HAVE
KEPT THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS.

PRECIPITATION WILL END OVER THE VALLEY AROUND SUNSET WEDNESDAY...BUT
PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH THE EVENING. THE
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL BE DRY.

THE NEXT STORM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION
FRIDAY...WITH THE BETTER CHANCE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.LONG TERM...FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...GENERALLY UNSETTLED
WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A RELATIVE LULL IN THE
ACTION COULD BE EXPERIENCED SATURDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY AS OUR
AREA IS PROGGED TO BE BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS. OTHERWISE...LOOKING
FOR A CHANCE OF RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW EACH DAY AS PACIFIC
DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO DIVE ONE AFTER ANOTHER INTO CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA. LONGER TERM MODELS ARE HINTING AT THE MEAN TROUGH
LINGERING OVER THE EPAC/WESTERN CONUS AT LEAST INTO MID-APRIL AND
POSSIBLY BEYOND. THIS WILL KEEP THE STORM TRACK OVER CA...LEAVING
THE DOOR OPEN FOR PERIODIC STORM SYSTEM PASSAGES THROUGH THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF MVFR
CIGS/VIS IN RAIN. ISOLD IFR IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE TSRA
THIS AFTN/EVE. MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA AND
TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO TAFS FOR
KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL.

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WARNING FOR MERCED COUNTY
     THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.
  ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTHERN
     SIERRA NEVADA BELOW 5000 FEET...INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS...
     THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.
  ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...FROM
     YOSEMITE TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE...THROUGH TONIGHT.
  ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
     SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA INCLUDING
     THE FOOTHILLS...AND THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS THROUGH 5 PM
     TODAY.
  ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND
     SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

&&

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

SANGER/MV

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 5:55 AM PDT, 9 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
555 AM PDT TUE APR 4 2006

CAZ089>092-051200-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
555 AM PDT TUE APR 4 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

FLOOD WARNING BELOW FRIANT DAM IN CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY.
SEE PRODUCT WGUS86 OR SFOFLSHNX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

CAZ093-094-051200-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
555 AM PDT TUE APR 4 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS
FROM MARIPOSA COUNTY THROUGH TULARE COUNTY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 6 PM. SEE PRODUCT WGUS86 OR SFOFLSHNX FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

CAZ095-051200-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
555 AM PDT TUE APR 4 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 6 PM. SEE PRODUCT WGUS86 OR SFOFLSHNX FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

CAZ096-097-051200-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
555 AM PDT TUE APR 4 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE
TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 6 PM. SEE PRODUCT WGUS86 OR SFOFLSHNX FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. SEE PRODUCT

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

CAZ098-099-051200-
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
555 AM PDT TUE APR 4 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY DESERT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

WINDS WILL GUST LOCALLY TO 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

JEB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 4:05 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno, Tulare	40 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.