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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Hanford, CA

May 2, 2017Mariposa County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2017, 8:28 AM PDT for Mariposa County, California. It took effect at May 2, 2017, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2017, 8:28 AM PDT (15:28 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2017, 11:00 PM PDT
Expired
May 6, 2017, 10:17 PM PDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Mariposa County, CA

The river

Written for the forecast point Merced River at Pohono Bridge (POHC1). The gauge peaked at 11.68 ft at May 5, 2017, 3:00 AM PDT.

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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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood 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 river flood warning went out at May 2, 4:07 AM PDT, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 4:07 AM PDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
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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 gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.