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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
353 PM PDT MON SEP 21 2026
CAZ330-331-212315-
SEQUOIA NP CA-SOUTH END OF THE UPPER SIERRA CA-
353 PM PDT MON SEP 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL TULARE COUNTY THROUGH
415 PM PDT...
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.
IMPACT...MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KERN CANYON RANGER STATION, WET MEADOWS, AND QUINN PATROL CABIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
LAT...LON 3630 11858 3643 11856 3642 11835 3628 11840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 282DEG 1KT 3636 11850
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
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