Funnel Cloud in California, April 28, 2005

Name: Funnel Cloud in California, April 28, 2005
Start: 2005-04-28T14:35
End: 2005-04-28T14:45
Location: California

April 28, 2005 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Apr 28, 1:30 PM PST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 1:30 PM PST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
230 PM PDT THU APR 28 2005

.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...
SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST. SOME THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ESPECIALLY
IN THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. SOME OF STORMS ARE SEVERE MAINLY
FROM LARGE HAIL SIZE IN WEST FRESNO...KINGS AND TULARE COUNTIES.
THE LOW APPEARS TO BE FILLING AND WEAKENING AS THE COLD AIR ALOFT
MOVES INTO THE THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. EXPECT THUNDER
ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS REMAINING
MAINLY OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE
LOOKING FOR A DRYING AND WARMING TREND FRIDAY WITH SHORT WAVE
RIDGING DEVELOPING ACROSS CALIFORNIA. FLOW TURNS ONSHORE WITH UPPER
FLOW TURNING WESTERLY AS FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL SHORT MOVES INTO
THE EAST PACIFIC. GFS SHOW PLENTY OF UPPER MOISTURE AND CLOUDS
OVERSPREADING MUCH OF CALIFORNIA BY SATURDAY. A LEADING DISTURBANCE
MAY KICK OFF A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE SIERRA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE GFS TRENDING MORE PROGRESSIVE BUT IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE UK
MET. THIS AGREES WELL WITH THE FAST ZONAL FLOW SO WILL MENTION
SLIGHT CHANCE PROBABILITIES FOR LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF
THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. DO NOT EXPECT HEAVY RAIN
POTENTIAL WITH THE UPPER LOW QUICKLY MOVING THROUGH EAST OF THE
REGION BY 00Z MONDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD MONDAY ALONG
THE EAST PACIFIC AND SLOWLY BUILD EASTWARD OVER THE WESTERN U.S
PROVIDING DRY AND WARMER WEATHER FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

.LONG TERM...FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MODELS IN
GENERAL AGREEMENT OF ZONAL FLOW BRINGING A WEAK DISTURBANCE THRU THE
REGION SUN. HAVE CONTD WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MOST AREAS. WEAK
RIDGING SEEN FOR TUES/WED. MODELS DIVERGE ON THURS SOLN OF A TROF
APPCHG OR MOVG THRU THE AREA. HOWEVER...HEIGHTS REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH
AND MOISTURE VERY LIMITED...SO ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES IN THE SRN
SIERRA. TEMPS WILL SLOWLY WARM INTO MID-WEEK.

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/

MV/BINGHAM

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 5:05 AM PST, 9 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
605 AM PDT THU APR 28 2005

CAZ089>094-291200-
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-
605 AM PDT THU APR 28 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AND THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

CAZ095>099-291200-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
605 AM PDT THU APR 28 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...
THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE INDIAN WELLS VALLEY...AND THE
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

TLM/JSN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:06 PM PST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
206 PM PDT THU APR 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0151 PM     HAIL             2 NW HANFORD            36.35N 119.67W
04/28/2005  0.75 INCH        KINGS              CA   NWS EMPLOYEE

0153 PM     HAIL             LEMOORE                 36.30N 119.79W
04/28/2005  0.75 INCH        KINGS              CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SANGER

Local storm report, Apr 28, 2:27 PM PST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
327 PM PDT THU APR 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0318 PM     HAIL             PARLIER                 36.61N 119.54W
04/28/2005  0.75 INCH        FRESNO             CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SANGER

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:32 UTC.

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Event by event

1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Tulare

When: April 28, 2:35 PM PST to 2:45 PM PST
Where: Tulare County, 4 mi NNW of Visalia Arpt
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.220, -118.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in California, April 2005

Sources

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: 5446686.