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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
1233 AM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025
CAZ304-305-308-309-311-140800-
WEST SIDE OF FRESNO AND KINGS COUNTIES CA-BUTTONWILLOW - LOST HILLS -
I5 CA-COALINGA - AVENAL CA-HANFORD - CORCORAN - LEMOORE CA-
WEST SIDE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF 198 CA-
1233 AM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN KERN
SOUTHWESTERN
KINGS AND SOUTHWESTERN FRESNO COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM PDT...
AT 1233 AM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR AVENAL TO 17 MILES EAST OF ATASCADERO.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 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...
AVENAL, STRATFORD, KETTLEMAN HILLS, AND KETTLEMAN CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK, BRIEF FUNNEL
CLOUDS. THIS TYPE OF FUNNEL CLOUD IS HARMLESS, BUT ON RARE OCCASIONS
THEY CAN BRIEFLY TOUCH DOWN, PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. IF A
FUNNEL CLOUD IS SPOTTED MOVE INDOORS AND REPORT YOUR SIGHTING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THESE STORMS 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 3553 12009 3561 12009 3562 12019 3578 12020
3580 12022 3582 12022 3583 12025 3588 12025
3591 12030 3608 12023 3624 11977 3547 11999
3547 12001
TIME...MOT...LOC 0733Z 247DEG 16KT 3604 12019 3550 12038
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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