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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2021, 4:20 PM PDT for Mariposa County, California. It was in force for 25 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 2, 2021, 4:20 PM PDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2021, 4:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
County Mariposa County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 234 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 2, 2:46 PM PDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:46 PM PDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:32 PM PDT, 48 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:20 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley CA 420 PM PDT Wed Jun 2 2021 CAZ192-022345- Central Sierra CA- 420 PM PDT Wed Jun 2 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL MARIPOSA AND NORTHEASTERN MADERA COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM PDT... At 419 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles east of Yosemite Valley, or 16 miles southwest of June Lake. This storm was nearly stationary. Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Merced Lake Ranger Station. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3775 11933 3763 11923 3752 11939 3771 11955 TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 066DEG 3KT 3766 11934 CMc
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:51 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | HNX | 41 hr | |
| Jun 2, 3:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | HNX | Mariposa | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 4:29 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HNX | Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne | 2 hr |
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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.