1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 22, 3:43 AM PST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
343 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2004
.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...UPPER TROUGH
ALONG THE US WEST COAST AND THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW JUST OFF THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST HAVE SPREAD SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF RAIN AND
HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH
TONIGHT...WINDING DOWN TOMORROW AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE
SLOWLY EAST AND SHORTWAVE RIDGING BUILDS IN THROUGH TUESDAY...AHEAD
OF THE NEXT MORE SIGNIFICANT APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM. THERE
ARE NO IMPRESSIVE DYNAMICS WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM TO HELP SQUEEZE
OUT MORE THAN THE LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION WE HAVE BEEN
GETTING SO FAR...BUT SOUTHERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY
AND MAY GIVE ENOUGH OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT IN THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS TO REACH SNOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY
CONTINUES FOR THE KERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH TODAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD
WARM A COUPLE OF DEGREES UNDER THE SHORTWAVE RIDGE BETWEEN
SYSTEMS...BUT STILL REMAIN JUST A BIT BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE
PERIOD.
.LONG TERM...FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...MEDIUM RANGE PROGS
STILL QUITE CONSISTENT IN BRINGING THE BRUNT OF THE PRECIPITATION TO
THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. UPPER LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE INCLEMENT WEATHER IS QUITE DEEP...AROUND 520 DM AT H5...AND ITS
ASSOCIATED TROUGH WILL EVENTUALLY FORCE H5 HEIGHTS OVER THE DISTRICT
DOWN TO AROUND 546 DM...ENSURING A CONTINUATION OF BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. OUT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH
AXIS...UPPER DIFFLUENCE LOOKS QUITE IMPRESSIVE AND A SERIES OF
STRONG JET MAXES WILL CARVE OUT THE BOTTOM OF THE TROUGH...DIRECTED
INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL BRING A DEEP FETCH OF MOISTURE
INTO THE REGION WITH GOOD DYNAMICS...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL
FOR AN INCH+ OF RAIN IN THE VALLEY...WITH SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW
POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE. TROUGH AXIS
SLIDES BY THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT REGION WILL REMAIN IN A MOIST
CYCLONIC FLOW THROUGH SATURDAY...KEEPING AT LEAST SOME THREAT OF
PRECIP ALIVE THROUGH THEN.
&&
.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS THROUGH 600 PM TODAY.
&&
JEB/BURGERHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 500 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2004 CAZ089>094-096>099-231300- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 500 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ095-231300- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 500 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. FOR FURTHER DETAILS REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...SFOWSWHNX OR WWUS46 KHNX. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
California Highway Patrol reported flooding/debris on the Redrock-Randsburg Road in the Kern Desert.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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