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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Hanford, CA

April 27, 2016Kern County, Kings County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2016, 3:43 PM PDT for Kern County, Kings County, California. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2016, 3:43 PM PDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2016, 4:30 PM PDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Kern County, CA, Kings County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1289 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

316 
WUUS56 KHNX 272243
SVRHNX
CAC029-031-272330-
/O.NEW.KHNX.SV.W.0009.160427T2243Z-160427T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
343 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KINGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
  NORTHWESTERN KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM PDT

* AT 343 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AVENAL...OR
  38 MILES WEST OF DELANO...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLACKWELLS CORNER AND LOST HILLS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3578 12016 3596 12008 3585 11956 3548 11981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 290DEG 16KT 3578 11993 

$$

SROWE

2 follow-up statements

949 
WWUS56 KHNX 272312
SVSHNX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
412 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

CAC029-031-272330-
/O.CON.KHNX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T2330Z/
KINGS CA-KERN CA-
412 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KINGS AND NORTHWESTERN KERN COUNTIES...

AT 411 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 26 MILES WEST OF WASCO...OR 29 MILES WEST
OF DELANO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLACKWELLS CORNER AND LOST HILLS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT
QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS
A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3574 12004 3590 11996 3585 11956 3548 11981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 290DEG 16KT 3574 11978 

$$

SROWE

829 
WWUS56 KHNX 272328
SVSHNX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
428 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

CAC029-031-272338-
/O.EXP.KHNX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T2330Z/
KINGS CA-KERN CA-
428 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KINGS AND
NORTHWESTERN KERN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM PDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3574 12004 3590 11996 3585 11956 3548 11981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 290DEG 16KT 3574 11978 

$$

SROWE

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 27, 1:28 PM PDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 1:28 PM PDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
128 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

.SYNOPSIS...
RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. HEAVY
RAIN...LIGHTNING...GUDTYWINDS AND HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE
THNDERSTORMS. WHEN THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS. SKIES WILL CLEAR BY
THURSDAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN OVER THE REGION.

&&

.DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE CENTER OF THE INCOMING
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS WINE COUNTRY AND RADAR
INDICATES THE LEADING EDGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW
APPROACHING MERCED COUNTY FROM THE NORTHWEST. BASED ON TRAJECTORY
OF CURRENT ECHOES COMBINED WITH THE HIGH RESOLUTION RAPID REFRESH
MODEL'S HOURLY FORECASTS, THIS BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY PORTION OF THE FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND REACH KERN COUNTY BY LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE OVER THE SIERRA, AFTERNOON INSTABILITY IS ON
THE INCREASE DUE TO HEATING AND THE ADDED LIFT OF THE APPROACHING
SYSTEM. WINDS ARE BLOWING THROUGH THE TEHACHAPI PASS AND THE
ADJACENT MOJAVE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SO THE WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.

EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE
ENERGY OF THE INCOMING LOW CONTINUES. OVER KERN COUNTY THE BEST
CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE EVENING AND
THEN LINGERING SHOWERS AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT.

FORECAST MODELS THEN MOVE THE LOW TO THE EAST ON THURSDAY HOWEVER
SOME WRAP AROUND FLOW WILL KEEP A THREAT OF SHOWERS IN THE SIERRA
AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. FOR FRIDAY, A RELATIVELY COOL AND DRY
NORTHERLY FLOW IS PROGGED BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM DROPS SOUTHWARD
INTO THE GREAT BASIN AS AN "INSIDE SLIDER" ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL
BRING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS TO THE SIERRA AND POSSIBLY THE EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE KERN COUNTY DESERT IN WRAP AROUND MOISTURE ON
SUNDAY.

FOR NEXT WEEK, WEAK RIDGING IS PROGGED FOR EARLY IN THE WEEK FOR
DRY WEATHER WITH WITH ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AND SOME
PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR LATE IN THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON WITH
IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA DUE TO MOUNTAIN
OBSCURATIONS. MVFR CONDITIONS....WITH LOCAL IFR....DUE TO CIGS/VSBY
ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE REMAINDER OF THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR IN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
FROM THRU 06Z THUR. GUSTY WINDS BELOW THE PASSES OF THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS AND DESERT UNTIL 06Z THU.  OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL OVER THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

&&

.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
NONE.

&&

.CERTAINTY...

THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY FOR DAYS 1 AND 2 IS HIGH.
THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7 IS MEDIUM.

CERTAINTY LEVELS INCLUDE LOW...MEDIUM...AND HIGH. PLEASE VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HNX/CERTAINTY.PHP FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AN/OR TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING CAZ095-098-099.

&&

PUBLIC...DUDLEY
AVN/FW...MV
SYNOPSIS...WP

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 2:06 PM PDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
206 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

CAZ089>091-093-272145-
MARIPOSA...MADERA...AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS CA-WEST-
CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-
EAST-CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-
206 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN KINGS...SOUTH CENTRAL FRESNO...EAST CENTRAL MERCED...
SOUTHWESTERN MARIPOSA AND SOUTHWESTERN MADERA COUNTIES

UNTIL 245 PM PDT...

AT 205 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES EAST OF MERCED TO
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AVENAL...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN KINGS...
SOUTH CENTRAL FRESNO...EAST CENTRAL MERCED...SOUTHWESTERN MARIPOSA
AND SOUTHWESTERN MADERA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
ZAPATO CHINO CREEK...LEMOORE NAS...KETTLEMAN HILLS...CASTLE MOUNTAIN...
LEMOORE STATION...FIVE POINTS...KETTLEMAN CITY...SAN JOAQUIN...
TRANQUILITY AND HURON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3753 11990 3582 11989 3586 12025 3588 12025
      3591 12028 3591 12032 3595 12036 3742 12019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 267DEG 44KT 3735 12021 3593 12021

DUDLEY

Local storm report, Apr 27, 2:33 PM PDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
233 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

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

0233 PM     HAIL             1 NNE MERCED            37.32N 120.47W
04/27/2016  E0.25 INCH       MERCED             CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

WP

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 2:45 PM PDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
245 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

CAZ089>091-272230-
WEST-CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-EAST-
CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-
245 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
 WESTERN KINGS...SOUTH CENTRAL FRESNO...NORTHWESTERN KERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MADERA COUNTIES
 UNTIL 330 PM PDT

AT 245 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KERMAN TO 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF AVENAL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FRESNO AND RAISIN CITY AROUND 305 PM PDT.
  EASTON AND CALWA AROUND 310 PM PDT.
  BOWLES AROUND 315 PM PDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE LEMOORE NAS...
RIVERDALE...KETTLEMAN HILLS...LEMOORE STATION...FIVE POINTS...KETTLEMAN
CITY...CARUTHERS AND HURON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3697 12003 3690 11962 3564 12002 3573 12020
      3578 12020 3580 12022 3582 12022 3582 12023
      3585 12026 3588 12025 3591 12028 3591 12032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 293DEG 37KT 3677 12006 3586 12033

DUDLEY

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:29 PM PDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
329 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

CAZ089-091-272315-
WEST-CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-
329 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
 NORTH CENTRAL KINGS AND CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTIES
 UNTIL 415 PM PDT

AT 328 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR LANARE...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HANFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEMOORE...LANARE...ARMONA...RIVERDALE...LATON...LEMOORE NAS AND
CARUTHERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3640 12010 3657 12002 3649 11963 3618 11978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 290DEG 16KT 3647 11998

SROWE

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:32 PM PDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
332 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

CAZ091-095-272315-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS CA-SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-
332 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
 WEST CENTRAL KERN COUNTY
 UNTIL 415 PM PDT

AT 331 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES WEST OF DERBY ACRES...OR 41 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANTA MARIA...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAFT...FORD CITY...DERBY ACRES...MCKITTRICK...TAFT HEIGHTS...SOUTH TAFT
AND VALLEY ACRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

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 3507 11949 3509 11950 3509 11956 3518 11956
      3518 11967 3526 11967 3526 11980 3533 11981
      3529 11940 3507 11947
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 290DEG 16KT 3523 11980

SROWE

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:37 PM PDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
337 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

CAZ089>091-272315-
WEST-CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-EAST-
CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-
337 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
 CENTRAL KINGS...SOUTHWESTERN FRESNO AND SOUTHWESTERN MADERA COUNTIES
 UNTIL 415 PM PDT

AT 337 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CANTUA CREEK...OR 39 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRESNO...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADERA...KERMAN...MENDOTA...FIREBAUGH...PARKWOOD...TRANQUILLITY...CANTUA
CREEK...BIOLA...PARKSDALE...HURON...SAN JOAQUIN...PANOCHE ROAD...FIVE
POINTS AND TRANQUILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3621 12047 3684 12053 3695 11999 3612 11996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 280DEG 19KT 3643 12035

SROWE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 3:33 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	HNX		18 hr
Apr 27, 1:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Merced	45 min
Apr 27, 1:22 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Merced	38 min
Apr 27, 2:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Fresno	39 min
Apr 27, 2:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kings	45 min
Apr 27, 3:04 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno	26 min
Apr 27, 3:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kings	46 min
Apr 27, 3:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		43 min
Apr 27, 3:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		38 min
Apr 27, 3:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kings	50 min
Apr 27, 4:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kings	37 min
Apr 27, 4:20 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Kern	27 min
Apr 27, 4:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Fresno	48 min
Apr 27, 4:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Merced	43 min
Apr 27, 4:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Tulare	50 min
Apr 27, 4:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kern	45 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.