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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hanford, CA

August 19, 2020Kern County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2020, 4:21 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2020, 4:21 PM PDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2020, 5:00 PM PDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA

County Kern County, CA

The radar

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 5:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kern	42 min
Aug 19, 1:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Tulare	50 min
Aug 19, 2:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Tulare	43 min
Aug 19, 2:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		39 min
Aug 19, 2:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		45 min
Aug 19, 3:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Tulare	38 min
Aug 19, 3:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		41 min
Aug 19, 4:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Tulare	43 min
Aug 19, 4:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		52 min
Aug 19, 4:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in California, 2020 Every special weather statement 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.