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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Hanford, CA

April 7, 2018Mariposa County, Tuolumne County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 7, 2018, 8:25 AM PDT for Mariposa County, Tuolumne County, California. It was in force for 6 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
Apr 7, 2018, 8:25 AM PDT (15:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2018, 2:15 PM PDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Mariposa County, CA, Tuolumne County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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 Apr 6, 3:01 PM PDT, 17 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:01 PM PDT, 17 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 8:14 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXMariposa, Merced, Tuolumne6 hr
Apr 7, 8:42 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXMadera, Mariposa, Tuolumne3 hr
Apr 7, 9:57 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXFresno, Madera3 hr
Apr 7, 11:36 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXTulare4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2018Every 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.