1 heavy rain, 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 Aug 16, 1:00 PM PST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 200 PM PDT TUE AUG 16 2005 .SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...UPPER LOW OVER NV CONTINUING TO TRACK NORTHEAST FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR AREA. IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTED SYSTEM SKIES CLEARED OUT ACROSS THE CWFA EARLIER TODAY. HOWEVER...VIS LOOP INDICATING SOME CUMULUS BUILDUPS OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS WHERE THERE IS SOME LINGERING MID LEVEL MOISTURE. WITH MODELS INDICATING SOME INSTABILITY AND CAPE THIS EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND KERN DESERTS...WILL KEEP MENTION OF ISOLATED T-STORMS FOR THESE AREA FOR THIS EVENING. A WEAK BAGGY UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER CA ON WEDNESDAY ALTHOUGH WITH SLIGHT RISES IN 850 MB TEMPS AND THICKNESSES EXPECTED IN A MAINLY DRY ATMOSPHERE...MAX TEMPS ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD RISE A FEW DEG F. WITH LESS CAPE AND A MORE STABLE ATMOSPHERE ON WEDNESDAY...ANY AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE CREST OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. 12Z NAM/GFS INDICATE AN UPPER TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH NORCAL ON THURSDAY WHICH WILL TURN THE UPPER FLOW TO THE WEST. THIS WILL PUSH ANY LINGERING MOISTURE OVER THE MOUNTAINS WELL TO THE EAST OF OUR CWFA AND BRING A DRIER AIRMASS TO THE CWFA. FALLS IN HEIGHTS AND THICKNESSES WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPS TO COOL SOME BEFORE REBOUNDING ON FRIDAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE WESTERN CONUS. .LONG TERM...FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...A RELATIVELY BENIGN PATTERN WILL PREVAIL FOR DAYS 4-7 AS RIDGE BUILDS THRU THE WEEKEND BEFORE WEAKENING EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH MOVES INTO THE PAC NW. RISES IN 850 MB TEMPS SHOULD SUPPORT DAYTIME MAX TEMPS CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMALS THRUT THE CWA THRU THE WEEKEND...THOUGH TEMPS MAY FALL AS RIDGE WEAKENS AND A LOW LEVEL ONSHORE FLOW STRENGTHENS EARLY NEXT WEEK. FLOW ALOFT SHOULD ALSO PREVENT ANY SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE ADVECTION TOWARD THE CWA WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES PREVAILING AND MINIMAL CONVECTIVE THREAT OVER THE SIERRA. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST 00Z THURSDAY. PLEASE REFER TO TAFS AT KMCE...KFAT AND KFBL FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. && .HNX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/ DS/JSN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 505 PM PDT MON AUG 15 2005 CAZ089>099-161200- 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- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 505 PM PDT MON AUG 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE KERN MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS AND MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS ON TUESDAY. NO ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. DCH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm cell near Wawona in Mariposa County produced an estimated 2 to 2.5 inches of rain in an hour on the afternoon of the 16th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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