Alert archive / California / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2012, 2:51 PM PDT. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2012, 2:51 PM PDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 3:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Edwards AFB, CA (KEDW), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 11 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 30, 10:15 AM PDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 10:15 AM PDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 4:01 AM PDT, 10 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 401 AM PDT THU AUG 30 2012 CAZ095>099-311115- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 401 AM PDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...AND THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 11:58 AM PDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1158 AM PDT THU AUG 30 2012 CAZ095>099-310600- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 1158 AM PDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY AND FRIDAY... MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE MOVE INTO THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAIN AND DESERT AREAS AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. AS A RESULT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BRING A THREAT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL COME TO AN END BY FRIDAY NIGHT. SANGER WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 1:28 PM PDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
128 PM PDT THU AUG 30 2012
CAZ099-302145-
KERN CA-
128 PM PDT THU AUG 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
UNTIL 245 PM PDT
AT 122 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES EAST OF EDWARDS AFB...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BORON...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3482 11763 3482 11782 3508 11772 3506 11763
3486 11762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 205DEG 4KT 3489 11768
MOLINASpecial weather statement, Aug 30, 2:51 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
251 PM PDT THU AUG 30 2012
CAZ099-302230-
KERN CA-
251 PM PDT THU AUG 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
UNTIL 330 PM PDT
AT 242 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EDWARDS AFB..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDWARDS AFB...BORON AND CALIFORNIA CITY...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3482 11768 3491 11810 3524 11793 3513 11762
3505 11762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 221DEG 38KT 3499 11782
MOLINAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 1:28 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | 77 min | |
| Aug 30, 3:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 34 min |
| Aug 30, 4:04 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HNX | Kern | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:29 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Kern | 96 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.