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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 16, 2015, 11:46 AM PDT for Fresno County, Madera 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 16, 2015, 11:46 AM PDT (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2015, 2:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fresno County, CA, Madera County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1379 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
158
WGUS56 KHNX 161846
FFWHNX
CAC019-039-162145-
/O.NEW.KHNX.FF.W.0021.151016T1846Z-151016T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
1146 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
SOUTHWESTERN MADERA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 245 PM PDT
* AT 1143 AM PDT...REPORTS FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. WATER SPILLING OVER PANOCHE
CREEK...THIS WATER WILL MOVE INTO THE MENDOTA AREA. CHECK ROAD
CLOSURES INFORMATION BEFORE TRAVELING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MENDOTA...FIREBAUGH AND PANOCHE ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3682 12031 3671 12033 3663 12059 3676 12066
3683 12044
$$1 follow-up statement
698
WGUS76 KHNX 162017
FFSHNX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
117 PM PDT FRI OCT 16 2015
CAC039-162014-
/O.CAN.KHNX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-151016T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADERA CA-
117 PM PDT FRI OCT 16 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADERA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3678 12036 3671 12037 3665 12060 3666 12061
3670 12063 3678 12047
$$
CAC019-162145-
/O.CON.KHNX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-151016T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FRESNO CA-
117 PM PDT FRI OCT 16 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM PDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY...
AT 104 PM PDT...THE FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG PANOCHE CREEK
WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...THOUGH THREAT WILL CONTINUE
TO DIMINISH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BELMONT AVE AND PANOCHE ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3678 12036 3671 12037 3665 12060 3666 12061
3670 12063 3678 12047
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 5:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Kings | 25 min |
| Oct 15, 5:08 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Kern | 52 min |
| Oct 15, 6:11 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 34 min |
| Oct 15, 6:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Kings | 52 min |
| Oct 15, 6:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | 46 min | |
| Oct 15, 6:49 PM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | HNX | Tulare | 3 hr |
| Oct 15, 6:58 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Fresno | 47 min |
| Oct 16, 4:51 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 15 hr | |
| Oct 16, 11:17 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Kern | 4 hr |
| Oct 16, 4:16 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Fresno | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.