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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Hanford, CA
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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</html>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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:12 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HNX | Tulare | 109 min |
| Jul 13, 3:53 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Kern | 112 min |
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