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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Hanford, CA

May 10, 2019Kern County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2019, 8:41 AM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 64 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: May 10, 2019, 8:41 AM PDT (15:41 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2019, 9:45 AM PDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Kern County, CA

The radar

The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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 May 10, 3:40 AM PDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:40 AM PDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 10, 6:30 AM PDT, 2 hours 11 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
May 9, 5:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		34 min
May 9, 6:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		41 min
May 9, 6:31 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Kern	119 min
May 9, 6:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Tulare	49 min
May 9, 7:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Madera, Mariposa	47 min
May 9, 7:19 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno, Madera, Mariposa	26 min
May 9, 7:47 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno, Madera	28 min
May 9, 8:06 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Tulare	3 hr
May 9, 8:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		47 min
May 9, 8:53 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Tulare	3 hr
May 10, 12:50 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Kern	3 hr
May 10, 3:00 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Kern	6 hr
May 10, 6:30 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kings	45 min
May 10, 9:39 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Kern	3 hr
May 10, 9:51 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Kern	114 min
May 10, 11:56 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Kern	3 hr
May 10, 2:36 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Kern	102 min

Nearby

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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.