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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Hanford, CA

January 5, 2016

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood watch at Jan 5, 2016, 10:27 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 6, 2016, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 5, 2016, 10:27 PM PST (06:27 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 6, 2016, 10:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 7, 2016, 4:00 AM PST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Flood severity: None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jan 5, 2:00 PM PST, 8 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 2:00 PM PST, 8 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 4:58 AM PST, 17 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
458 AM PST TUE JAN 5 2016

CAZ089>092-060000-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
458 AM PST TUE JAN 5 2016

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

...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

* TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED.

* 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.

CAZ093-094-060000-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
458 AM PST TUE JAN 5 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA.

...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

* TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS.

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

* 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.

DCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 5, 5:42 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Fresno, Madera	2 hr
Jan 6, 9:04 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Fresno, Kings, Tulare	4 hr
Jan 6, 12:10 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Kern	3 hr
Jan 6, 1:21 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Fresno, Kern, Kings, Tulare	3 hr
Jan 6, 3:32 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Fresno	43 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.