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| Event typeevent_type | Funnel Cloud |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 152,797 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 26,106 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2009-01-26T01:03:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2009-01-26T01:03:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | CALIFORNIA |
| County/zone typecz_type | C |
| County/zone namecz_name | MERCED |
| Latitudelat | 37.300 |
| Longitudelon | -120.840 |
| End latitudeend_lat | 37.300 |
| End longitudeend_lon | -120.840 |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Trained Spotter |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | The storm that arrived on the 22nd was the first, and warmer, of two storms that brought most of the precipitation for the month. Although snow levels with the first storm remained high, 11 inches of new snow fell at Tuolumne Meadows on the 23rd, while Lodgepole, at 6735 feet, reported only rain. Clouds over the San Joaquin Valley pushed into the slopes of the Southern Sierra Nevada, creating areas of dense fog, especially in the foothills.||The second storm took a more southerly track. The upper-level low associated with this storm dropped to off the central California coast on the 23rd. The circulation around this low spun showers northward into southwestern Kern County. A significant upper-level disturbance moved over interior central California during the afternoon of January 24th. As this disturbance passed over the San Joaquin Valley, it triggered a line of showers and thunderstorms that extended from Stratford northeast to Auberry. One of the thunderstorms, between Sanger and Reedley, spawned a funnel cloud that was observed from north Hanford by a National Weather Service employee.||The heaviest snow from this storm was over the Kern County mountains. Storm totals included 10 inches of new snow at Alta Sierra at the south end of the Sierra Nevada, and 4 inches at Bear Valley Springs in the Tehachapi Mountains. The snow level plummeted with the second storm, with snow falling as low as 3000 feet on the Grapevine, although snow did not stick below 4000 feet.||Another upper-level disturbance dropped south over the San Joaquin Valley during the late afternoon/early evening of January 25th. As on the previous day, this disturbance also triggered convective activity. A line of showers and thunderstorms initially stretched from Livingston to Coalinga. One thunderstorm near Livingston spawned the second funnel cloud of the weekend around sunset. Both funnel clouds remained well above the ground, and neither posed any risk of becoming tornadic.||As the line of showers and thunderstorms shifted south, following the upper-level disturbance, the showers became more numerous over the southern San Joaquin Valley. Although thunderstorm activity ended after sunset, some of the showers produced locally heavy rainfall. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | A trained SKYWARN spotter reported a funnel cloud that extended part of the way to the ground. |
| Yearyear | 2,009 |
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