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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Hanford, CA

May 9, 2017Mariposa County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this river flood warning at May 9, 2017, 8:32 AM PDT for Mariposa County, California. It took effect at May 10, 2017, 4:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2017, 8:32 AM PDT (15:32 UTC)
In effect from
May 10, 2017, 4:00 AM PDT
Expired
May 11, 2017, 4:37 PM PDT
In force
37 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 15:36 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).

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.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in California, 2017Every river flood warning in 2017

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.