Special Weather Statement
NWS Hanford CA ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Central Tulare County Through 415 PM PDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 350 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 21 miles southwest of Whitney Portal Campground, or 27 miles southwest of Lone Pine. This thunderstorm was nearly stationary.
Hazard
Pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Kern Canyon Ranger Station, Wet Meadows, and Quinn Patrol Cabin.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Sequoia NP
- South End of the Upper Sierra
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Hanford CA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M332T02R1M2JHJXZZREQ23WV
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.41a22605a5769fd0af4a1a6c37f9f64396487d02.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Hanford CA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPHNX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8559
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSHNX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS86 KHNX 212253 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL TULARE COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM PDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T22:50:00-00:00...storm...282DEG...1KT...36.36,-118.5 |
| maxWindGust | Up to 30 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Sequoia NP
- South End of the Upper Sierra
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 006107 |
| SAME | 006029 |
| UGC | CAZ330 |
| UGC | CAZ331 |
- Polygons
- 36.3,-118.58 36.43,-118.56 36.42,-118.35 36.28,-118.4 36.3,-118.58