699  
WWUS56 KHNX 180027  
SVSHNX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
527 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2025  
 
CAC043-047-109-180045-  
/O.CON.KHNX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250318T0045Z/  
MARIPOSA CA-TUOLUMNE CA-MERCED CA-  
527 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2025  
 
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM PDT FOR WESTERN  
MARIPOSA...SOUTHWESTERN TUOLUMNE AND NORTH CENTRAL MERCED COUNTIES...  
 
AT 527 PM PDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA GRANGE, OR 14 MILES NORTH OF  
ATWATER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS  
LIKELY.  
 
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF  
WESTERN MARIPOSA, SOUTHWESTERN TUOLUMNE AND NORTH CENTRAL MERCED  
COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST  
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A  
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER  
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3762 12044 3764 12038 3757 12035 3750 12060  
3754 12063  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 236DEG 17KT 3757 12056  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
 
 
 
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