1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 5, 1:33 PM PST, 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
233 PM PDT THU MAY 5 2005
.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...
SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE THE CORE OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH JUST
OFF THE CENTRAL COAST. WATER VAPOR CHANNEL SHOWS THE DEEPER MID TO
UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. WEATHER
RADAR SHOWS THE MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ALONG THE
FOOTHILLS AND SIRRRA AS WELL AS THE TEHACHAPIS. TOWARDS THE WEST
SIDE OF THE VALLEY STORMS ARE STRONGER BUT LESS WIDESPREAD. EXPECT
SCATTERED STORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THE
AXIS OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND COLD CORE MOVES INTO THE VALLEY.
POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING
AS STORMS BECOME MORE SCATTERED. HOWEVER DURING THE EARLY EVENING
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN. THUS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD
ADVISORY FOR THE VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS. WILL LEAVE IN PLACE THE
WINTER STORM WARNING IN PLACE. FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS
TONIGHT OF 3 TO 5 INCHES AT 7000 FEET AND ABOVE. TEMPERATURES
ACTUALLY COOL DURING THE DAY WITH LIMITED DIURNAL HEATING AND COOLER
AIR MOVING INTO THE VALLEY. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR MANY VALLEY
LOCALES WERE PROBABLY SET NEAR MIDNIGHT. FOR FRIDAY WILL CONTINUE
WITH LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FOOTHILLS
AND MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON BUT THE STRONGER DYNAMICS TO
TRIGGER ANY STORMS WILL BE PUSHING SOUTHWARD TOWARDS SOUTH
CALIFORNIA AREA. OTHERWISE A DRY AND WARMING TREND FOR MUCH OF THE
WEEKEND WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF PRECIPITION ON SUNDAY AFTERNOOON
MAINLY NORTH OF FRESNO AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO NORTH
CALIFORNIA.
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY
GOOD AGREEMENT IN BRINGING MOISTURE AND JET DYNAMICS INTO CENTRAL CA
SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW DEEPENS ALONG THE OREGON COAST. MODELS
CONTINUE TO FORECAST THE CENTER OF THE 50H LOW AND THE COLDEST POOL
OF AIR ALOFT TO REMAIN ACROSS NRN CA MONDAY AFTN. STILL...WITH
MUCH OF OUR CWA ENTERING THE LEFT FRONT QUADRANT OF THE UPPER LEVEL
JET BY THEN...THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.
GFS AND ECMWF ARE FASTER THAN THE OTHER MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN
MOVING THIS SYSTEM OUT ON TUESDAY. THIS WOULD BRING DRY WEATHER
TUESDAY WHILE THE ULMET AND CANADIAN SOLUTIONS WOULD HOLD ONTO A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN A MOIST CYCLONIC FLOW. WITH A NORTHWEST
FLOW...WILL HOLD ONTO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS JUST IN THE SIERRA
TUESDAY AND DRY ELSEWHERE. A RIDGE BUILD IN FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR A WARMING TREND.
&&
.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS UNTIL 8 PM...
&&
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MV/BEANHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 515 AM PDT THU MAY 5 2005 CAZ089>094-098-099-061230- EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 515 AM PDT THU MAY 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS...THE INDIAN WELLS VALLEY...AND THE SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...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. CAZ096-097-061230- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 515 AM PDT THU MAY 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS46 KHNX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .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. CAZ095-061230- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 515 AM PDT THU MAY 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. .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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. DCH
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Kings County Fire Dept reported seeiing 4 funnel clouds form and dissipate over a 30-minute time period on the 5th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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