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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Hanford, CA

July 13, 2008

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 13, 2008, 1:18 AM PDT. It took effect at Jul 13, 2008, 9:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2008, 1:18 AM PDT (08:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 13, 2008, 9:00 AM PDT
Expired: Jul 13, 2008, 10:44 PM PDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Flood severity: None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jul 12, 10:00 PM PDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 10:00 PM PDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 6:12 PM PDT, 7 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
612 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2008

CAZ089>099-140000-
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-KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
612 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF INTERIOR CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AIR QUALITY ALERT REMAINS IN EFFECT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE
REFER TO SFOAQAHNX /WMO HEADER...AEUS76 KHNX/.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING OVER
EASTERN FRESNO, TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY DOWN BURSTS RESULTING IN FLASH
FLOODING OVER PRONE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING IN
THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEK OVER THE MOUNTAIN
AREAS OF FRESNO AND TULARE COUNTIES. ALSO, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED OVER THE DESERT AREAS THROUGH MID WEEK. THE DESERT
THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY DOWN BURSTS
RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING OVER PRONE AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT OR
UNUSUAL CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

WP

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:23 PM PDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 6:05 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Kern	4 hr
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, 3:55 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Kern	3 hr
Jul 13, 4:21 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Kern	7 hr

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Sources

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