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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this river flood warning at May 22, 2017, 7:23 AM PDT for Mariposa County, California. It took effect at May 23, 2017, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2017, 7:23 AM PDT (14:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2017, 3:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2017, 2:33 PM PDT
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Mariposa County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Merced River at Pohono Bridge (POHC1). The gauge peaked at 10.57 ft at May 24, 2017, 3:00 AM PDT.
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12.5 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 11266500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.