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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
218 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2026
CAZ300-301-032245-
LOS BANOS - DOS PALOS CA-WEST SIDE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF 198 CA-
218 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL MERCED COUNTY
THROUGH 245 PM PST...
AT 218 PM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLLISTER, 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.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL MERCED
COUNTY.
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.
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 3704 12123 3706 12121 3709 12124 3712 12121
3713 12123 3724 12109 3714 12096 3701 12123
3703 12125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 237DEG 17KT 3703 12129
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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