812  
WWUS86 KHNX 262200  
SPSHNX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
300 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
CAZ305-309>311-262230-  
WEST SIDE OF FRESNO AND KINGS COUNTIES CA-BUTTONWILLOW - LOST HILLS -  
I5 CA-DELANO-WASCO-SHAFTER CA-HANFORD - CORCORAN - LEMOORE CA-  
300 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KINGS COUNTY  
THROUGH 330 PM PDT...  
 
AT 300 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15  
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORCORAN, OR 28 MILES SOUTH OF HANFORD, 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.  
 
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KINGS  
COUNTY.  
 
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 3587 11977 3591 11982 3607 11968 3594 11956  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 223DEG 9KT 3593 11976  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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