030  
WWUS86 KHNX 142316  
SPSHNX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
416 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025  
 
CAZ301-302-142345-  
LOS BANOS - DOS PALOS CA-MERCED - MADERA - MENDOTA CA-  
416 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN MADERA
 
SOUTHERN  
MERCED AND WEST CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM PDT...  
 
AT 415 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7  
MILES WEST OF MENDOTA, OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADERA, MOVING NORTH  
AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
FIREBAUGH AND PANOCHE ROAD.  
 
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.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3666 12041 3667 12060 3695 12066 3695 12036  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 182DEG 15KT 3673 12050  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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