Hail in California, February 22, 2005

Name: Hail in California, February 22, 2005
Start: 2005-02-22T19:35
End: 2005-02-22T20:00
Location: California

February 22, 2005 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Feb 22, 2:50 PM PST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 2:50 PM PST, 4 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
250 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2005

.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...THE PESKY UPPER
LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCLEMENT WEATHER OF THE PAST WEEK REMAINS
JUST OFFSHORE OF POINT CONCEPTION. THIS LOW WILL TRACK EAST THROUGH
SOCAL OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW, BUT WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A
CONTINUATION OF POPS FOR ALL ZONES THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING.
ALTHOUGH THUNDER HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT COMMODITY TO ATTAIN THUS FAR
IN THE VALLEY, WILL KEEP A MENTION OF IT FOR ALL ZONES THIS EVENING.
IN ADDITION, WILL ADD THUNDER FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE
TO THE LINGERING UNSTABLE AIRMASS. WITH THE LOW MOVING EAST OF THE
COLORADO RIVER LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY, HAVE DRIED OUT
THE VALLEY, BUT THE LOWS PRESENCE WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO
GENERATE ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH
THIS PERIOD. WOULD EXPECT FRIDAY TO BE DRY FOR ALMOST ALL AREAS, BUT
THE GFS DOES HINT AT SOME LINGERING VORTICITY DROPPING ALONG THE
CREST DURING THE DAY ON THE CYCLONIC FLOW. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO
SEE UPSLOPE SHOWERS DEVELOP EAST OF THE CREST AND WOBBLE OVER ONTO
OUR SIDE GIVEN THE FLOW ALOFT, BUT WILL KEEP SILENT POPS IN THE
GRIDS AT 10 PERCENT OR LESS FOR NOW.

.LONG TERM...FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...GENERAL CONSENSUS OF
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IS TO BRING A WEAKENING SHORTWAVE TROUGH ACROSS
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BY FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A RIDGE AMPLIFYING
OVER THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY...AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE WEAKENING TROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT IS NOT EXPECTED TO
PRODUCE ANY PRECIPITATION OVER OUR AREA AT THIS TIME. FAIR AND
SEASONABLY MILD CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH SUNDAY UNDER THE
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE...WITH JUST SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING IN THE
VALLEY EACH NIGHT AND MORNING. WITH UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING AND
EVOLUTION OF THE NEXT APPROACHING SYSTEM...THE FORECAST SHOWS
SOMEWHAT BROAD BRUSHED SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS BY SUNDAY
NIGHT...CONTINUING INTO MIDWEEK...AS THE UPPER LOW SLIPS GRADUALLY
TOWARD NORTHWEST MEXICO. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR
CLIMO THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
                                   FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
                                   AND DESERTS THROUGH 4 AM
                                   WEDNESDAY.
                                ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE KERN
                                   COUNTY MOUNTAINS THROUGH 4 AM
                                   WEDNESDAY.

&&

BURGER/JEB

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /ALL LOWER CASE/

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 3:00 PM PST, 4 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
300 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2005

CAZ098-099-231300-
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
300 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
WEDNESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT /WGUS86 KHNX/
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EXTENDING
INTO WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

CAZ095-231300-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
300 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY BELOW 6000 FEET IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 AM WEDNESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT /WGUS86
KHNX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

A SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 6000 FEET IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS46 KHNX/
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SNOW ADVISORY AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD
ADVISORY EXTENDING INTO WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTEDFOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

CAZ089>094-096-097-231300-
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-
300 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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.

PJ

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:36 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Kings

When: February 22, 7:35 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
Where: Kings County, 8 mi E of Kettleman City
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.000, -119.817

Trained spotter reported 3/4 to 1" hail.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in California, February 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: 5442283.