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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Hanford, CA

March 2, 2024Tulare County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2024, 5:07 PM PST for Tulare County, California. It was in force for 23 min. 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 2, 2024, 5:07 PM PST (01:07 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2024, 5:30 PM PST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Tulare County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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 tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Mar 2, 12:00 PM PST, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 12:00 PM PST, 5 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 3:34 PM PST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 2, 3:56 PM PST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 4:25 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kings	35 min
Mar 2, 4:37 PM PST	Tornado Warning	HNX	Kings, Tulare	23 min
Mar 2, 5:01 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kings	29 min
Mar 2, 5:45 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Tulare	15 min
Mar 3, 7:36 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Tulare	3 hr
Mar 3, 2:26 PM PST	Wind Advisory	HNX	Kern	20 hr

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.