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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Hanford, CA

July 12, 2012

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 12, 2012, 8:35 PM PDT. It took effect at Jul 13, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2012, 8:35 PM PDT (03:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 13, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jul 13, 2012, 6:31 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, 3:09 PM PDT, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:09 PM PDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 9:58 AM PDT, 10 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
958 AM PDT THU JUL 12 2012

CAZ098-099-131700-
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
958 AM PDT THU JUL 12 2012

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL
BE GUSTY WINDS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF LIGHTNING AND DRY CONDITIONS FROM NOON UNTIL 900 PM
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

INCREASING MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE HIGH DESERTS OF KERN COUNTY FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED ACROSS THE KERN COUNTY
DESERTS FROM NOON UNTIL 10PM PDT.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH THE AMATEUR RADIO
NETWORK OR BY TELEPHONE.

ANDERSEN

CAZ095>097-131700-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
958 AM PDT THU JUL 12 2012

...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AROUND THE SIERRA CREST AND TULARE MOUNTAINS. A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY
LIGHTNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING
FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA IN TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES AND THE
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

INCREASING MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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

ANDERSEN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:05 PM PDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 2:12 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXTulare109 min
Jul 13, 3:53 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningHNXKern112 min

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Sources

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