Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013

Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Hanford, CA

August 19, 2013Kern County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2013, 5:44 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2013, 5:44 PM PDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2013, 8:30 PM PDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Kern County, CA

The radar

The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at Aug 19, 3:09 PM PDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:09 PM PDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 5:01 PM PDT, 43 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 19, 1:22 PM PDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Aug 19, 1:28 PM PDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
128 PM PDT MON AUG 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0618 AM     FLASH FLOOD      8 WNW RANDSBURG         35.41N 117.79W
08/19/2013                   KERN               CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROAD CLOSURE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS ON ROADWAY.
            GARLOCK ROAD/REDROCK RANDSBURG ROAD FROM 395 TO STATE
            ROUTE 14 CLOSED.

&&

JAND
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:07 PM PDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
307 PM PDT MON AUG 19 2013

CAZ092-094-095-097-192300-
KERN CA-TULARE CA-
307 PM PDT MON AUG 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL TULARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
  NORTH CENTRAL KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

UNTIL 400 PM PDT

AT 301 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAKERSFIELD...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   GLENNVILLE...DEMOCRAT...BRECKENRIDGE MOUNTAIN.

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 3573 11899 3584 11869 3551 11857 3544 11877
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 147DEG 14KT 3556 11872

JMB
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:14 PM PDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
414 PM PDT MON AUG 19 2013

CAZ089>099-200700-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
414 PM PDT MON AUG 19 2013

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
AND CONTINUE OVER THE DESERT AREAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL POSSIBLY MOVE WESTWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY...INCLUDING EASTERN PORTIONS OF BAKERSFIELD...BY EARLY THIS
EVENING. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS BY
THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS COULD
ALSO IMPACT THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY THIS EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING COULD
CAUSE NEW FIRE STARTS.

BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IF
YOU ARE OUTDOORS LATER TODAY. SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD SEND ANY
REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN
ALSO KEEP UP US AT OUR TWITTER FEED...AT TWITTER.COM/NWSHANFORD.

BSO

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:50 PM PDT, 54 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:21 PM PDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
521 PM PDT MON AUG 19 2013

CAZ095-099-200100-
KERN CA-
521 PM PDT MON AUG 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

UNTIL 600 PM PDT

AT 516 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEHACHAPI..MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   TEHACHAPI.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND T
V STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3520 11850 3530 11828 3506 11820 3499 11841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 157DEG 21KT 3510 11834

BSO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 5:21 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXKern39 min
Aug 19, 6:51 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXFresno, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare84 min
Aug 19, 7:28 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXFresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced4 hr
Aug 19, 8:01 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMerced44 min
Aug 19, 8:27 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXFresno, Madera, Mariposa63 min
Aug 19, 8:48 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNX2 hr
Aug 20, 2:10 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXTuolumne50 min
Aug 20, 2:53 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXMariposa, Tuolumne3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013

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.