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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Hanford, CA

December 6, 2020Fresno County, Kern County, Tulare County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this red flag warning at Dec 6, 2020, 11:16 AM PST for Fresno County, Kern County, Tulare County, California. It took effect at Dec 7, 2020, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 38 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 6, 2020, 11:16 AM PST (19:16 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 7, 2020, 4:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 8, 2020, 6:00 PM PST
In force
38 hr
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA

Counties Fresno County, CA, Kern County, CA, Tulare County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Dec 6, 3:41 AM PST, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 3:41 AM PST, 7 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 2:13 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNX34 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in California, 2020Every red flag 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.