434  
WWUS86 KHNX 212048  
SPSHNX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
148 PM PDT TUE APR 21 2026  
 
CAZ302-303-306-307-212115-  
FRESNO-CLOVIS CA-CARUTHERS - SAN JOAQUIN - SELMA CA-MERCED - MADERA -  
MENDOTA CA-PLANADA - LE GRAND - SNELLING CA-  
148 PM PDT TUE APR 21 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL MADERA AND CENTRAL  
FRESNO COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM PDT...  
 
AT 147 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
KERMAN, OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF MADERA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
FRESNO, MADERA, KERMAN, MADERA ACRES, PARKWOOD, PARKSDALE, BIOLA, AND  
BONADELLE RANCHOS-MADERA RANCHOS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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 3665 12003 3675 12022 3702 12009 3688 11980  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 210DEG 14KT 3677 12008  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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