322  
WWUS86 KHNX 142327  
SPSHNX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
427 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025  
 
CAZ310>312-315-150000-  
SOUTHEAST SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-VISALIA - PORTERVILLE - REEDLEY CA-  
DELANO-WASCO-SHAFTER CA-HANFORD - CORCORAN - LEMOORE CA-  
427 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN TULARE COUNTY  
THROUGH 500 PM PDT...  
 
AT 427 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
EARLIMART, OR 9 MILES NORTH OF DELANO, MOVING NORTHEAST 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...  
PORTERVILLE, EARLIMART, TERRA BELLA, POPLAR-COTTON CENTER, AND  
WOODVILLE.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3582 11920 3588 11930 3612 11919 3599 11894  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 213DEG 16KT 3589 11920  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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