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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Hanford, CA

March 11, 2023Madera County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 2023, 12:34 AM PST for Madera County, California. It was in force for 14 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
Mar 11, 2023, 12:34 AM PST (08:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2023, 3:00 PM PST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Hanford, CA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Madera County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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 flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Mar 10, 2:59 PM PST, 9 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 2:59 PM PST, 9 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 4:16 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningHNXTulare16 hr
Mar 10, 5:45 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningHNXFresno, Kings, Tulare14 hr
Mar 10, 5:51 PM PSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatHNXKern, Tulare14 hr
Mar 10, 6:01 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXFresno13 hr
Mar 10, 6:16 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningHNXMadera, Mariposa4 hr
Mar 10, 7:01 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningHNXFresno, Madera, Mariposa3 hr
Mar 10, 8:56 PM PSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatHNXFresno3 hr
Mar 10, 9:23 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningHNXTulare3 hr
Mar 10, 10:19 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningHNXMadera, Mariposa3 hr
Mar 10, 11:11 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXMadera83 min
Mar 11, 1:59 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXMadera, Mariposa3 hr
Mar 11, 2:40 AM PSTDense Fog AdvisoryHNXFresno, Kings7 hr
Mar 11, 3:45 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXFresno, Madera3 hr
Mar 11, 1:11 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningHNXFresno, Madera, Mariposa5 hr
Mar 11, 1:57 PM PSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatHNXTulare11 hr
Mar 11, 1:57 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementHNXTulare33 min
Mar 11, 2:04 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementHNXKern26 min
Mar 11, 2:14 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementHNX31 min
Mar 11, 2:28 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementHNX32 min
Mar 11, 2:43 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHNXKern11 hr
Mar 11, 2:50 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementHNXKern25 min
Mar 11, 3:01 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementHNXTulare29 min
Mar 11, 3:11 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementHNXKern34 min
Mar 11, 3:20 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementHNXKern25 min
Mar 11, 3:23 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementHNXFresno37 min
Mar 11, 3:38 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXFresno37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.