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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 23
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jan 27, 2008, 12:48 PM PST for 13 counties in California. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2008, 12:48 PM PST (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2008, 6:00 PM PST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Fresno County, CA, Kern County, CA, Kings County, CA, Los Angeles County, CA, Madera County, CA, Mariposa County, CA, Merced County, CA, Monterey County, CA, San Benito County, CA, San Luis Obispo County, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA, Tulare County, CA, Ventura County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 5%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 3:28 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 47 min |
| Jan 27, 4:17 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Tulare | 43 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 9:39 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ventura | 2 hr |
| Jan 27, 9:53 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Siskiyou, Trinity | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 12:10 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fresno, Kings, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.