1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Apr 4, 2:35 PM PST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
335 PM PDT TUE APR 4 2006
.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...HYDROLOGIC
PROBLEMS CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
FLOODING IN MERCED COUNTY...AND LOCAL FLOODING ELSEWHERE IN THE
HANFORD WARNING/FORECAST AREA. WITH RAINFALL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT...HAVE EXTENDED ALL FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES
THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY.
AT 21Z...SNOW LEVELS WERE AROUND 7000 FEET NEAR YOSEMITE...AND 8000
FEET IN KERN AND TULARE COUNTIES. SNOW LEVELS HAVE BEGUN FALLING IN
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE AS THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW APPROACHES THE
COAST AND THE COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT PUSHES ONSHORE.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DROP TO AROUND 4000 FEET NEAR YOSEMITE BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND TO 5000 FEET IN THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS. THE
GRAPEVINE AND TEHACHAPI PASS COULD SEE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OVER
THE HIGHER POINTS. THE RAIN AND SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WITH A DEEP COLD LAYER ALOFT...
THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR MORE AFTERNOON CONVECTION...SO HAVE
KEPT THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS.
PRECIPITATION WILL END OVER THE VALLEY AROUND SUNSET WEDNESDAY...BUT
PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH THE EVENING. THE
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL BE DRY.
THE NEXT STORM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION
FRIDAY...WITH THE BETTER CHANCE IN THE AFTERNOON.
.LONG TERM...FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...GENERALLY UNSETTLED
WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A RELATIVE LULL IN THE
ACTION COULD BE EXPERIENCED SATURDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY AS OUR
AREA IS PROGGED TO BE BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS. OTHERWISE...LOOKING
FOR A CHANCE OF RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW EACH DAY AS PACIFIC
DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO DIVE ONE AFTER ANOTHER INTO CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA. LONGER TERM MODELS ARE HINTING AT THE MEAN TROUGH
LINGERING OVER THE EPAC/WESTERN CONUS AT LEAST INTO MID-APRIL AND
POSSIBLY BEYOND. THIS WILL KEEP THE STORM TRACK OVER CA...LEAVING
THE DOOR OPEN FOR PERIODIC STORM SYSTEM PASSAGES THROUGH THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF MVFR
CIGS/VIS IN RAIN. ISOLD IFR IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE TSRA
THIS AFTN/EVE. MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA AND
TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO TAFS FOR
KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL.
&&
.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WARNING FOR MERCED COUNTY
THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.
...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA BELOW 5000 FEET...INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS...
THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...FROM
YOSEMITE TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE...THROUGH TONIGHT.
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA INCLUDING
THE FOOTHILLS...AND THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS THROUGH 5 PM
TODAY.
...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/
SANGER/MVHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 555 AM PDT TUE APR 4 2006 CAZ089>092-051200- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 555 AM PDT TUE APR 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY FLOOD WARNING BELOW FRIANT DAM IN CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY. SEE PRODUCT WGUS86 OR SFOFLSHNX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ093-094-051200- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- 555 AM PDT TUE APR 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS FROM MARIPOSA COUNTY THROUGH TULARE COUNTY. .DAY ONE...TODAY FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 6 PM. SEE PRODUCT WGUS86 OR SFOFLSHNX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ095-051200- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 555 AM PDT TUE APR 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 6 PM. SEE PRODUCT WGUS86 OR SFOFLSHNX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ096-097-051200- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 555 AM PDT TUE APR 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 6 PM. SEE PRODUCT WGUS86 OR SFOFLSHNX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. SEE PRODUCT .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ098-099-051200- INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 555 AM PDT TUE APR 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY DESERT. .DAY ONE...TODAY WINDS WILL GUST LOCALLY TO 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. JEB
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:55 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported quarter-size hail near Reedley. Two unconfirmed reports were received from the general public of golf-ball hail also near Reedley.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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