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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Hanford, CA

July 24, 2019Madera County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2019, 5:00 PM PDT for Madera County, California. It was in force for 60 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: Jul 24, 2019, 5:00 PM PDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2019, 6:00 PM PDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Madera County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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 Jul 24, 3:40 PM PDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:40 PM PDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:52 PM PDT, 8 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
Jul 24, 5:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		26 min
Jul 25, 11:55 AM PDT	Flash Flood Watch	HNX		8 hr
Jul 25, 2:24 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Fresno	96 min
Jul 25, 2:47 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Madera, Tuolumne	88 min
Jul 25, 3:39 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Mariposa, Tuolumne	96 min
Jul 25, 4:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Madera	27 min
Jul 25, 4:41 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Madera	94 min

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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.