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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Hanford, CA

August 9, 2018Kern County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2018, 5:44 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2018, 5:44 PM PDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2018, 6:13 PM PDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Kern County, CA

The radar

The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 5:21 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNX39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 2018Every severe thunderstorm 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.