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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 15, 2008, 6:42 PM PST for Kings County, Tulare County, California. It was in force for 48 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
- Dec 15, 2008, 6:42 PM PST (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2008, 7:30 PM PST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kings County, CA, Tulare County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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 Dec 15, 3:25 PM PST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 3:25 PM PST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 515 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008 CAZ093>097-160600- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS- TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 515 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION PLEASE SEE SFOWSWHNX OR WMO HEADER WWUS46 KHNX. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA TUESDAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .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. WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD CAZ089>092-160600- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 515 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY TUESDAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .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. OCHS WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 15, 1:32 PM PST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 4:00 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | HNX | 8 hr | |
| Dec 16, 1:55 PM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 16, 1:55 PM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 16, 2:11 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | HNX | 7 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 2008Every severe thunderstorm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.