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WWUS86 KLOX 020049
SPSLOX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
549 PM PDT THU MAY 1 2025
CAZ038-342-344-345-353-020215-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS CA-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INTERIOR MOUNTAINS CA-SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS CA-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS CA-CUYAMA VALLEY CA-
549 PM PDT THU MAY 1 2025
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL SANTA
BARBARA AND SOUTHEASTERN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM
PDT...
AT 547 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF CUYAMA, OR 36 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANTA YNEZ,
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
CARRIZO PLAIN...
HIGHWAY 166 BETWEEN TWITCHELL DAM AND THE CUYAMA VALLEY...
AND CUYAMA.
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 3546 12000 3544 11999 3543 11988 3535 11988
3535 11981 3526 11981 3526 11967 3517 11966
3518 11956 3514 11955 3474 11982 3499 12029
3549 12004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 014DEG 7KT 3506 11978
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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