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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
544 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2025
CAZ310>312-315-319-320-322-330-331-180115-
SOUTHEAST SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-SOUTH END OF THE LOWER SIERRA CA-
VISALIA - PORTERVILLE - REEDLEY CA-DELANO-WASCO-SHAFTER CA-FRESNO-
TULARE FOOTHILLS CA-SEQUOIA NP CA-SOUTH END OF THE UPPER SIERRA CA-
HANFORD - CORCORAN - LEMOORE CA-FRESNO-TULARE LOWER SIERRA CA-
544 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN TULARE COUNTY THROUGH 615
PM PDT...
AT 544 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WOODLAKE TO LINDSAY TO NEAR WOODVILLE.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINDCOVE, SOUTH FORK CAMPGROUND, POPLAR-COTTON CENTER, EXETER,
POTWISHA CAMPGROUND, WOLVERTON POINT, WOODVILLE, CASE MOUNTAIN,
STRATHMORE, WOODLAKE, TIPTON, ASH MOUNTAIN SEQUOIA PARK HQ, BUCKEYE
FLAT CAMPGROUND, LEMON COVE, THREE RIVERS, LINDSAY, FARMERSVILLE,
PORTERVILLE, AND TULARE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK, BRIEF FUNNEL
CLOUDS. THIS TYPE OF FUNNEL CLOUD IS HARMLESS, BUT ON RARE OCCASIONS
THEY CAN BRIEFLY TOUCH DOWN, PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. IF A
FUNNEL CLOUD IS SPOTTED MOVE INDOORS AND REPORT YOUR SIGHTING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3659 11867 3628 11873 3599 11919 3603 11945
3620 11928 3642 11913
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 254DEG 20KT 3637 11907 3620 11910 3608 11929
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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