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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Hanford, CA

October 2, 2018Tulare County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 2, 2018, 3:25 PM PDT for Tulare County, California. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 2, 2018, 3:25 PM PDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2018, 5:58 PM PDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Tulare County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Oct 2, 4:16 AM PDT, 11 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 4:16 AM PDT, 11 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 2, 3:08 PM PDT, 17 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
Oct 2, 3:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Tulare	37 min
Oct 2, 3:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Tulare	42 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2018 Every flash flood warning in 2018

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.