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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Hanford, CA

September 18, 2025Kern County, California

NWS Hanford, CA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2025, 3:43 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 4 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: Sep 18, 2025, 3:43 PM PDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2025, 7:45 PM PDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Hanford, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Kern County, CA

The radar

The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 Sep 18, 11:16 AM PDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 11:16 AM PDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 2:55 PM PDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 2:57 PM PDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 18, 3:04 PM PDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 3:07 PM PDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 3:29 PM PDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 3:31 PM PDT, 12 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
Sep 18, 12:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		23 min
Sep 18, 12:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		34 min
Sep 18, 1:25 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kern	35 min
Sep 18, 2:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		30 min
Sep 18, 2:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		28 min
Sep 18, 2:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		25 min
Sep 18, 2:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		32 min
Sep 18, 2:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		31 min
Sep 18, 2:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		33 min
Sep 18, 2:53 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Kern	3 hr
Sep 18, 2:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		35 min
Sep 18, 2:57 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		33 min
Sep 18, 3:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		38 min
Sep 18, 3:28 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Kern	28 min
Sep 18, 3:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		31 min
Sep 18, 3:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		29 min
Sep 18, 3:34 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HNX	Kern	12 min
Sep 18, 3:46 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Kern	3 hr
Sep 18, 3:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		25 min
Sep 18, 3:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX	Kern	24 min
Sep 18, 3:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		35 min
Sep 18, 4:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		35 min
Sep 18, 4:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		32 min
Sep 18, 4:22 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Kern	111 min
Sep 18, 4:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		27 min
Sep 18, 4:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		25 min
Sep 18, 4:57 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	HNX		33 min
Sep 18, 4:59 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	HNX	Kern	3 hr

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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.