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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Hanford, CA

April 25, 2014Fresno County, Kings County, Tulare County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2014, 2:51 PM PDT for Fresno County, Kings County, Tulare County, California. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2014, 2:51 PM PDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2014, 3:30 PM PDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fresno County, CA, Kings County, CA, Tulare County, CA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 25, 2:19 PM PDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 2:19 PM PDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 7:44 AM PDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
744 AM PDT FRI APR 25 2014

CAZ089>094-260600-
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-
744 AM PDT FRI APR 25 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS.

...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

* TIMING: FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: FRESNO...BAKERSFIELD...MADERA...CHOWCHILLA...
  MERCED...ATWATER...MARIPOSA...OAKHURST...THREE RIVERS...NORTH
  FORK...SPRINGVILLE...TAFT...LEMOORE...HANFORD...LOS BANOS.
  STRONGEST WINDS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 5...INCLUDING NEAR
  PASSES ON HIGHWAYS 41 AND 152.

* THUNDER: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS: SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY
  RAIN.

* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS
  SOURCE...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS
  SOURCE...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

.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.

WP

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 1:32 PM PDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 1:46 PM PDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 1:57 PM PDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:20 PM PDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:34 PM PDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 2:47 PM PDT, 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 11:46 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	HNX		56 hr
Apr 25, 1:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kings	42 min
Apr 25, 1:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kings	43 min
Apr 25, 1:57 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Fresno	48 min
Apr 25, 2:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Madera	40 min
Apr 25, 2:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Fresno	41 min
Apr 25, 3:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Mariposa	39 min
Apr 25, 3:25 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno, Kings, Tulare	35 min
Apr 25, 3:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kings	31 min
Apr 25, 3:57 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Tulare	33 min
Apr 25, 4:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Fresno	29 min
Apr 25, 4:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Fresno	33 min
Apr 25, 4:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Tulare	29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.