781  
WWUS86 KHNX 142154  
SPSHNX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
254 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025  
 
CAZ309-310-142230-  
BUTTONWILLOW - LOST HILLS - I5 CA-DELANO-WASCO-SHAFTER CA-  
254 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN KERN  
SOUTHEASTERN  
KINGS AND SOUTHWESTERN TULARE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM PDT...  
 
AT 254 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16  
MILES NORTHWEST OF WASCO, OR 21 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...  
ALPAUGH AND LOST HILLS.  
 
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 3562 11966 3574 11976 3591 11949 3569 11934  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 241DEG 13KT 3570 11963  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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