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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Hanford, CA

June 12, 2019Mariposa County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this river flood warning at Jun 12, 2019, 8:49 AM PDT for Mariposa County, California. It took effect at Jun 12, 2019, 10:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2019, 8:49 AM PDT (15:49 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 12, 2019, 10:00 PM PDT
Expired
Jun 14, 2019, 8:40 AM PDT
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Mariposa County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Merced River at Pohono Bridge (POHC1).

Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
12.5 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 11266500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jun 12, 3:48 AM PDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:48 AM PDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.