1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 12, 8:45 AM PST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
945 AM PDT FRI JUL 12 2002
HIGH PRESSURE HOLDING STRONG THIS MORNING ALLOWING A SOUTHEASTERLY
FLOW TO ADVECT MOISTURE INTO THE DISTRICT. AT THE MOMENT...SKIES
OVER THE DISTRICT ARE SUNNY WITH A FEW LINGERING CLOUDS OVER THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS FROM YESTERDAY/S EASTERLY WAVE. SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWS ANOTHER BATCH OF CLOUDS PUSHING UP FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA AS
THE NEXT WAVE APPROACHES. TIMING OF THIS NEXT BATCH TO ENTER THE
DISTRICT WILL BE AROUND 4 PM. WILL EXPECT A REPEAT OF THURSDAY/S
WEATHER AS CLOUDS INCREASE BY LATE IN THE DAY AND MAX TEMPS
REACHING 100+ DEG OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. MODELS INSTABILITIES
SHOWING A SIMILAR CONDITION FROM THAT OF THURSDAY AS MAX CAPE VALUES
REMAIN OVER THE MOUNTAIN CREST. MODELS SHOWING MAX VALUES OF
1500-2000 J/KG...THEREFORE WILL EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT TO
CONTINUE TODAY. IN ADDITION...MODELS SHOWING INVERTED-V
CHARACTERISTIC SOUNDINGS OVER MUCH OF THE DISTRICT...SO EXPECT
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO REMAIN DRY AND HAVE ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING. ALSO...WILL CONTINUE THE HEAT ADVISORY AS
TODAY WILL BE ANOTHER HOT/MUGGY DAY.
.HNX...HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY...FOR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...
AND FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
THROUGH TODAY.
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ZONES
093-097.
MOLINAThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A radar signature denoted a strong thunderstorm was observed at the crest of the Southern Sierra Nevada between Tioga Pass and Tuolumne Meadows within Yosemite National Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, July 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5311387.