1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 28, 3:00 PM PST, 30 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 300 PM PST WED FEB 28 2001 UPPER LOW OVERHEAD TRACKING ABOUT AS PROGGED. WITH AMPLE SURFACE HEATING AND H5 TEMPS AROUND -26C...SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION WILL CONT THROUGH THE EVE HOURS TO CONT CONVECTIVE THREAT ACROSS THE CWA. PRECIP WILL TAPER OFF BY 06Z AS LOW SHIFTS SOUTH AND DVM INCREASES OVER THE REGION. ALTHOUGH SOME HIGH CLOUDS WILL AFFECT THE FA OVERNIGHT...BULK SHOULD BE FAIRLY TRANSPARENT. FLAT RIDGING OVER THE ERN PAC WILL PROVIDE A DRIER FLOW TO THE FA LATE TONIGHT/THURS. OVERRUNNING CLOUDINESS AHEAD OF NEXT UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE WAS SPREADING INSIDE 130W THIS AFTERNOON. PROGS ARE EXHIBITING NOTED DIFFERENCES REGARDING TIMING AND AMPLITUDE OF WAVE AS IT SHIFTS ONSHORE THURS NIGHT/FRI. STRONGEST AND DEEPEST DYNAMICS WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE FA...HOWEVER ENOUGH MOISTURE AND UVM ARE INDICATED ON AVN/ETA PROGS TO EXTEND LOW POPS INTO SJ VALLEY ZONES. AVN INDICATES SW FLOW INCREASING OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA FRI WITH POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED OROGRAPHICS. AT THIS TIME...HWVR..IT APPEARS THAT QPF/S WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. 12Z AVN ONCE AGAIN DIFFERS MARKEDLY FROM PREVIOUS RUN OF THE MRF... AND SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ARE NOTED THROUGHOUT SUITE OF MEDIUM RANGE PROGS. GIVEN RECENT PATTERN FAVORING SUPPRESSED HEIGHTS OVER THE ERN PAC WITH ACTIVE SOUTHERN STREAM ENERGY...WILL CONT PRECIP CHANCES FOR DAYS SUN-TUES AT THIS TIME. .HNX...NONE. JSN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Early convection early on the 28th continued minor flood problems along the Redrock-Randsburg Road in the Kern County deserts. Total rainfall at California City from late on the 25th through the morning of the 28th was 1". Another 1/4" fell in a thunderstorm from 1400 to 1415 PST on the 28th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2001
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