927  
WWUS86 KHNX 261948  
SPSHNX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
1248 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
CAZ308-309-313-262015-  
BUENA VISTA CA-BUTTONWILLOW - LOST HILLS - I5 CA-  
WEST SIDE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF 198 CA-  
1248 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL KERN COUNTY THROUGH  
115 PM PDT...  
 
AT 1248 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8  
MILES NORTHWEST OF MCKITTRICK, OR 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DELANO,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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...  
BELRIDGE AND MCKITTRICK.  
 
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 3528 11971 3545 11983 3558 11961 3536 11946  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 244DEG 8KT 3539 11972  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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