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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2008, 6:05 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2008, 6:05 PM PDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2008, 10:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kern County, CA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 12, 3:06 PM PDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:06 PM PDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 306 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2008 .DISCUSSION...AN EASTERLY WAVE SLOWLY PROGRESSING WESTWARD CONTINUES TO AFFECT INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. SATELLITE IMAGERY ALONG WITH REGIONAL DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATIONS SHOW CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT MAINLY OVER THE TULARE AND FRESNO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND POSSIBLY STARTING OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. LATEST MODEL PROGS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE BEST LI/S AND CAPE VALUES RESIDING OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. WILL NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME CONVECTION EXTENDING INTO THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AROUND KERN COUNTY AS DEVELOPMENT DRIFTS OFF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. YET...WILL CONFINE THE DEVELOPMENT TO AREAS OUTSIDE OF MERCED AND LOWER MARIPOSA COUNTIES AS INSTABILITY BECOMES VERY WEAK IN THOSE AREAS AND THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE WESTERLY. SHOULD EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT BEFORE DEVELOPMENT BEGINS AGAIN ON SUNDAY. LOOKING FURTHER OUT...MONDAY WILL SEE A CONTINUATION OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS MODELS SHOW A NORTHWARD SURGE ON MONSOONAL MOISTURE PUSHING INTO THE DISTRICT. BY TUESDAY...MODELS BEGIN SHOWING A MORE WESTERLY (ONSHORE) FLOW PATTERN DEVELOPING TO SHIFT THE MOISTURE EASTWARD. WILL CONFINE ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT TO THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE DRYING THE ENTIRE DISTRICT ON WEDNESDAY. THE NEXT WEATHER CONCERN WILL ARISE TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD AROUND SATURDAY AS THE REMAINS OF A DISTURBANCE VEERING EAST AND INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. WHILE STILL IS STILL AROUND THE END OF THE PERIOD...WILL NOT ADD ANY MENTION OF PRECIP TOWARD SATURDAY. YET...WILL MONITOR THIS SITUATION TO SEE OF THIS TROPICAL DISTURBANCE MANAGES TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE DISTRICT. && .AVIATION...VFR EXCEPT AREAS OF MVFR SFC AND ALOFT IN HZ/FU ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THROUGH 00Z MONDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY ACROSS THE MTNS AND DESERTS...POSSIBLY SPREADING WEST INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES...PLEASE SEE SFOAQAHNX && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...MOLINA AVN/FW...SANGER WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 5:01 PM PDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:31 PM PDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 331 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2008 CAZ095-097-130015- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 331 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2008 ...GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGH 5 PM NEAR GLENNVILLE AND LAKE ISABELLA... A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SOUTHEASTERN TULARE COUNTY WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH TOWARD THE KERN COUNTY LINE. AS INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORM CELLS COLLAPSE...THEY MAY PRODUCE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS. THESE WINDS COULD AFFECT THE JOHNSONDALE...GLENNVILLE... KERNVILLE AND LAKE ISABELLA AREAS THROUGH 5 PM TODAY. BOATERS ON LAKE ISABELLA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS THAT COULD PRODUCE ROUGH WATERS AND CAPSIZE BOATS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. SANGER WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:41 PM PDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
541 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0538 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 SW LAKE ISABELLA 35.59N 118.49W
07/12/2008 KERN CA OTHER FEDERAL
FIREFIGHTER AT PIUTE FIRE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON
ERSKINE CREEK.
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SANGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:50 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Kern | 55 min |
| Jul 12, 8:10 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 1:18 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 21 hr | |
| Jul 13, 3:55 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Kern | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:21 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Kern | 7 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.