Thunderstorm Wind, Mariposa
- When
- June 26, 2:45 PM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Mariposa County, 14 mi ENE of Yosemite Vlg
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.833, -119.350
Hail and Damaging Wind in California, June 26 to 27, 2006
Thunderstorm activity during the afternoon hours erupted along the Southern Sierra Nevada and Tulare County Mountain crest on the 26th. A strong thunderstorm with hail developed over the northern portion of Yosemite National Park southeast of Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and north of Yosemite Valley late in the afternoon of the 27th.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
Thunderstorm activity during the afternoon hours erupted along the Southern Sierra Nevada and Tulare County Mountain crest on the 26th. A strong thunderstorm with hail developed over the northern portion of Yosemite National Park southeast of Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and north of Yosemite Valley late in the afternoon of the 27th.
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 Jun 26, 2:25 PM PST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:25 PM PST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 325 PM PDT MON JUN 26 2006 .SHORT TERM...CONVECTION HAS FIRED AGAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON IN MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE DISTRICT. A BIT MORE CLOUDINESS HAS IMPACTED THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE FETCH OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE...ALONG WITH CLOUDS FROM THE DEVELOPING CONVECTION...HOWEVER TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY RUNNING IN LINE WITH THIS TIME YESTERDAY. EXPECT CONDITIONS TONIGHT TO BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT...WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION LINGERING OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND DESERT...POSSIBLY DRIFTING OVER THE VALLEY FLOOR. FLOW ACROSS THE REGION BECOMES MORE SOUTHERLY AS THE UPPER HIGH DRIFTS FARTHER TO THE EAST...INCREASING THE MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA AND PROVIDING BETTER CHANCES FOR CONVECTION OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ALONG WITH CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCES OVER THE VALLEY. AFTERNOON MAX TEMPS SHOULD MODERATE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE HIGH SHIFTS EAST AND CLOUD COVER INCREASES...WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAIN RATHER HIGH. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION PERSISTS THROUGH THE PERIOD...KEEPING TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. PROGS INDICATE FLOW ALOFT OVER CENTRAL CA TRENDING ONSHORE FOR THE WEEKEND. ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE ON THURSDAY FOR AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS ALONG THE CREST OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND EVEN AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IN THE HIGH COUNTRY OF YOSEMITE PARK. BY FRIDAY...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS CENTRAL CA AND ANY RESIDUAL MID/UPPER MOISTURE WILL BE PUSHED WELL TO THE EAST. THE DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL KEEP SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR FOR DAYS 5 THROUGH 7. && .AVIATION...LOCAL MVFR IS POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS OVER THE KERN DESERTS UNTIL TRHOUGH 03Z TUESDAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JEB/BENTZIEN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:00 AM PST, 10 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 500 AM PDT MON JUN 26 2006 CAZ089>092-271156- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 500 AM PDT MON JUN 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...DAY 2. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ093>099-271156- 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- 500 AM PDT MON JUN 26 2006 .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BINGHAM
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mariposa
- When
- June 27, 4:58 PM PST to 5:30 PM PST
- Where
- Mariposa County, 7 mi N of Yosemite Lodge
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.867, -119.567
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 26, 2006
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- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 26, 2006
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 26, 2006
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 26, 2006
- Flash Flood in Virginia, June 26, 2006
- Flash Flood in New York, June 26 to 27, 2006
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, June 26, 2006
- Flash Flood in New York, June 26, 2006
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 26, 2006
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 26, 2006
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, June 26, 2006
More
Every storm in California in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in California, June 2006
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: 5513884, 5513883.