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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hanford, CA

June 30, 2021

NWS Hanford, CA issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2021, 3:21 PM PDT. 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
Jun 30, 2021, 3:21 PM PDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2021, 4:00 PM PDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 258 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.

539 
WWUS86 KHNX 302221
SPSHNX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley CA
321 PM PDT Wed Jun 30 2021
 
CAZ192-193-302300-
Central Sierra CA-North Kings River CA-
321 PM PDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY UNTIL
400 PM PDT...

At 321 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 21
miles south of Mammouth Mountain, or 22 miles southwest of Mammoth
Lakes, moving south at 10 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Kaiser Point and Mount Tom. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3744 11917 3741 11901 3726 11907 3730 11927
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 011DEG 8KT 3736 11914 

$$

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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, 3:18 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXFresno, Madera27 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

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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.