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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2020, 4:21 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 114 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 18, 2020, 4:21 PM PDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2020, 6:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 114 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 23:22 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 Aug 17, 4:37 PM PDT, 23 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 4:37 PM PDT, 23 hours 44 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 5:05 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 5:48 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Mono | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 6:11 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Mariposa, Tuolumne | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 12:30 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | HNX | 7 hr | |
| Aug 18, 3:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | 47 min | |
| Aug 18, 3:35 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | 40 min | |
| Aug 18, 3:38 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | HNX | Tulare | 92 min |
| Aug 18, 3:48 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HNX | Kern | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 3:57 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HNX | Kern | 94 min |
| Aug 18, 4:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | 31 min | |
| Aug 18, 4:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Kern | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 4:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | 31 min | |
| Aug 18, 4:55 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Tulare | 50 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2020Every flash flood warning in 2020
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.