1 lightning, 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 Sep 25, 8:30 PM PST, 5 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 930 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2005 .SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...UPPER LOW REMAINS OFF THE CENTRAL COAST THIS EVENING KEEPING THE CWA UNDER AN AREA OF WEAK DIFLUENCE AND A BAND OF MID-HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS. LOWEST CEILINGS WERE AROUND 8K AND EXPECT ONLY SPRINKLES TO REACH THE SURFACE AT THE LOWER ELEVS OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER WITH INCREASING MOISTURE ALOFT AND SOME DYNAMICS ROTATING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA BETWEEN 06-12Z...WILL MAINTAIN POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLD TSTM OVER THE HIGH SIERRA. WITH AMSU DATA SHOWING A RIDGE OF HIGHER PRECIPITABLE WATER BEING PULLED NORTH TOWARD CENTRAL CA...HAVE INCREASED POPS FOR MON/MON NGT AND WILL ISSUE AN HWO FOR THE SOUTHERN SJ VALLEY AS STRENGTHENING S-SE FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN STRONGER WINDS SURFACING AT THE SOUTH END OF THE VALLEY ON MON. .LONG TERM...FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...DISAGREEMENTS PERSIST WITH THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN REGARD TO TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF 50H LO OVER THE WESTERN CONUS ON DAY 4. THE NOGAPS AND ECM POSITION THIS LO OVER CNTRL CA WED NIGHT AND THU. THE UKMET PLACES IT OVER SE CA WHILE THE GFS POSITIONS IT OVER THE GREAT BASIN. MODEL CONSENSUS WOULD BE TO KEEP TROFFINESS OVER CA THRU THURSDAY. MOST OF THE MODELS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT IN LATER PERIODS AND BUILD THE EPAC RIDGE INTO CA ON DAYS 5 THRU 7. THE NOGAPS IS A LITTLE SLOWER WITH THIS IDEA AND HOLDS TROFFINESS OVER CA THRU FRI. NONETHELESS...DRY WEATHER WILL DOMINATE THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH GOOD INDICATION THAT A WARMING TREND WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED BY THE WEEKEND. TEMPS STARTING OUT NEAR NORMAL...POSSIBLY WARMING SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY DAYS 6 AND 7. DUE TO MODEL TIMING DIFFERENCES...PREFER TO KEEP MAX TEMPS JUST UNDER MOS GUIDANCE IN LATER PERIODS. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH AT LEAST 00Z MONDAY. SPECIFIC DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1012 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2005 CAZ089>092-261200- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 1012 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS... VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO DEVELOP AT THE SOUTH END OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IN KERN COUNTY ON MONDAY...AND WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ093>097-261200- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 1012 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ098-099-261200- INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 1012 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. JSN
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Early morning thunderstorms moved over the east side of the Central and South San Joaquin Valley. Only trace to very light amounts of rain were reported on the Valley Floor.
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