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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
152 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025
CAZ309-310-142115-
BUTTONWILLOW - LOST HILLS - I5 CA-DELANO-WASCO-SHAFTER CA-
152 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN KERN AND
SOUTHEASTERN KINGS COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM PDT...
AT 152 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 22
MILES WEST OF WASCO, OR 28 MILES WEST OF DELANO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 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...
LOST HILLS.
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 THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 3562 11975 3568 11984 3586 11972 3571 11955
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 226DEG 11KT 3567 11976
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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