Localized flash flooding persisted on July 16 near Piute, California.
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The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
Localized flash flooding persisted on July 16 near Piute, California.
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 Jul 16, 1:45 PM PST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 245 PM PDT WED JUL 16 2008 .DISCUSSION...CONVECTION HAS BEGUN TO FIRE UP OVER THE TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. DOWN IN KERN...NEW DEVELOPMENT WAS ALSO OCCURRING WITH FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ALREADY IN PLACE. SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON...PRECIP REPORTS FROM MOUNTAINS SITE SHOWED CHIMNEY PEAK AT 0.70 OF AN INCH...JOHNSONDALE AT 0.43 OF AN INCH AND PEPPERMINT AT 0.24 OF AN INCH. ALL REPORTS WERE FOR PRECIP FALLING IN THE LAST THREE HOURS OVER THE TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. BASED ON THIS MORNINGS SHORT RANGE MODEL PROGS...MAIN FOCUS THIS AFTERNOON REMAINS OVER TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES...BUT WILL NOT RULE OUT AREAS TOWARD YOSEMITE. WITH UPPER AIR OBSERVATIONS FROM EDWARDS TO DESERT ROCK AND DOWN TO YUMA ALL SHOWING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AT NEAR ONE AND ONE QUARTERS OF INCH (1.25INCH)... CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ON MODELS PROGS DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE REGION FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY. THIS MORNINGS NAM12 PROG HAS THE BEST LI/S AND CAPE VALUE OVER ZONES 95 AND 97 (KERN AND TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...RESPECTIVELY) UNTIL 800 PM PDT. THEREFORE...WILL MAINTAIN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON AS CONDITIONS ARE PRIME FOR ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY. STILL THINK THURSDAY WILL BE A TRANSITIONAL DAY WITH LINGERING MONSOON MOISTURE STILL OVER THE DISTRICT. MODELS CONTINUE TO PROG A DRIER WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BETWEEN THE EXPANDING RIDGE PATTERN AND A SHORTWAVE TROF OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR AN END TO THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT OVER OUR AREA BY FRIDAY. A MORE SIGNIFICANT TROUGH APPROACHING THE WEST COAST SATURDAY WILL WEAKEN THE RIDGE AND TURN OUR FLOW MORE SOUTHERLY...POSSIBLY RETURNING MOISTURE TO THE REGION. AT THIS POINT...WILL KEEP THE DISTRICT DRY FOR SATURDAY AND BEYOND. TEMPERATURES WILL BOUNCE AROUND DURING THE PERIOD BUT REMAIN AROUND NORMAL LEVELS. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SIERRA NEVADA MAINLY SOUTH OF KINGS CANYON AND THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT THIS AFTERNOON AND BRING LOCAL IFR CEILINGS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL BEFORE DISSIPATING AROUND 03Z THURSDAY. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THEREAFTER AND ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... ON WEDNESDAY JULY 16 2008... UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS IN FRESNO... KERN AND TULARE COUNTIES. FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT VALLEYAIR.ORG && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR CAZ095>099. && PUBLIC...MOLINA AVN/FW...MV WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 502 AM PDT WED JUL 16 2008 CAZ095>099-170400- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 502 AM PDT WED JUL 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS AND THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS AND THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO SFOFFAHNX /WMO HEADER...WGUS66 KHNX/. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY IN THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT OR UNUSUAL CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
1009 AM PDT WED JUL 16 2008
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0202 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 W PIUTES RAWS 35.45N 118.33W
07/15/2008 M2.15 INCH KERN CA MESONET
2.15 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1.5 HOURS AT CLARAVILLE.
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MOLINAThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
California Highway Patrol reported high water and debris along U.S. 395 at Randsburg Road.
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