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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
121 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2026
CAZ302-303-317-042200-
MERCED - MADERA - MENDOTA CA-MARIPOSA MADERA FOOTHILLS CA-PLANADA -
LE GRAND - SNELLING CA-
121 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL MERCED COUNTY
THROUGH 200 PM PST...
AT 121 PM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ATWATER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE 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...
MERCED, ATWATER, AND WINTON.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3755 12061 3755 12058 3738 12035 3721 12067
3728 12071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 220DEG 14KT 3728 12064
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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