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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hanford, CA

February 10, 2017Merced County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this special weather statement at Feb 10, 2017, 2:21 PM PST for Merced County, California. It was in force for 54 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: Feb 10, 2017, 2:21 PM PST (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Feb 10, 2017, 3:15 PM PST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA

County Merced County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Feb 10, 3:50 AM PST, 10 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 3:50 AM PST, 10 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 10, 2:21 PM PST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 9, 5:23 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Madera, Mariposa, Merced	112 min
Feb 9, 10:47 PM PST	Areal Flood Warning	HNX	Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne	12 hr
Feb 10, 10:56 AM PST	Areal Flood Warning	HNX	Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne	9 hr
Feb 10, 12:10 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced	2 hr
Feb 10, 1:31 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced	119 min
Feb 10, 1:51 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Kern	114 min
Feb 10, 2:01 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Fresno, Madera	24 hr
Feb 10, 3:13 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Merced	62 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in California, 2017 Every special weather statement 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.