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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2015, 5:36 PM PDT for Fresno County, Madera County, Mariposa County, California. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 1, 2015, 5:36 PM PDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2015, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fresno County, CA, Madera County, CA, Mariposa County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 298 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
- 1004 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 1, 4:23 PM PDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 4:23 PM PDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 450 AM PDT WED JUL 1 2015 CAZ096-097-021200- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 450 AM PDT WED JUL 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. ...THUNDERSTORMS... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER BURN SCAR AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS: THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER BURN SCAR AREAS. * 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. CAZ095-021200- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 450 AM PDT WED JUL 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. ...THUNDERSTORMS... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER BURN SCAR AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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. CAZ098-099-021200- INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 450 AM PDT WED JUL 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY DESERT. ...THUNDERSTORMS... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY PRODUCE FLOODING IN ARROYOS AND DRY RIVERBEDS. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS: THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY PRODUCE FLOODING IN ARROYOS AND DRY RIVERBEDS. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * 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. CAZ093-094-021200- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS- TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- 450 AM PDT WED JUL 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. ...THUNDERSTORMS... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. * 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. CAZ089>092-021200- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 450 AM PDT WED JUL 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. ...THUNDERSTORMS... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. * 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. SANGER WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 1, 2:54 PM PDT, 2 hours 42 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 1, 5:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Madera | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 2:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | 46 min | |
| Jul 2, 3:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Tulare | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 4:24 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Tuolumne | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 4:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Madera | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.