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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Hanford, CA

June 30, 2021Fresno County, Madera County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2021, 3:18 PM PDT for Fresno County, Madera County, California. It was in force for 27 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
Jun 30, 2021, 3:18 PM PDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2021, 3:45 PM PDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fresno County, CA, Madera County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 251 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -82 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

575 
WUUS56 KHNX 302218
SVRHNX
CAC019-039-302245-
/O.NEW.KHNX.SV.W.0003.210630T2218Z-210630T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley CA
318 PM PDT Wed Jun 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Hanford CA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Madera County in central California...
  North central Fresno County in central California...

* Until 345 PM PDT.

* At 318 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles east of
  Yosemite South Entrance, moving south at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Clover Meadow Wilderness Office, Graveyard Meadow and Minarets. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3755 11936 3753 11919 3737 11918 3741 11944
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 011DEG 8KT 3749 11930 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement
069 
WWUS56 KHNX 302245
SVSHNX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley CA
345 PM PDT Wed Jun 30 2021

CAC019-039-302255-
/O.EXP.KHNX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210630T2245Z/
Madera CA-Fresno CA-
345 PM PDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MADERA AND NORTH
CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3755 11936 3753 11919 3737 11918 3741 11944
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 011DEG 8KT 3745 11931 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 2:27 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMadera33 min
Jun 30, 2:51 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXFresno, Madera24 min
Jun 30, 3:21 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNX39 min
Jun 30, 3:23 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMariposa52 min
Jun 30, 3:42 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXMadera, Mariposa, Tuolumne2 hr
Jun 30, 3:51 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMadera24 min
Jun 30, 3:52 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementHNXMadera23 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.