546  
WWUS86 KHNX 261946  
SPSHNX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
1246 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
CAZ308-309-262015-  
BUTTONWILLOW - LOST HILLS - I5 CA-  
WEST SIDE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF 198 CA-  
1246 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN KERN COUNTY THROUGH 115  
PM PDT...  
 
AT 1245 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 23  
MILES NORTHWEST OF MCKITTRICK, OR 38 MILES WEST OF DELANO, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 10 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...  
BLACKWELLS CORNER.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
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.  
 
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 3546 11988 3557 11997 3570 11980 3555 11968  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 235DEG 9KT 3555 11989  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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