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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Hanford, CA

June 20, 2011Mariposa County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this river flood warning at Jun 20, 2011, 8:19 AM PDT for Mariposa County, California. It took effect at Jun 21, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 68 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2011, 8:19 AM PDT (15:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 21, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jun 24, 2011, 2:05 AM PDT
In force
68 hr
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Flood severity
Minor

County Mariposa County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Merced River at Pohono Bridge (POHC1).

Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
12.5 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 11266500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 2:09 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXFresno, Kings, Tulare48 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in California, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.