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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
245 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2026
CAZ300>302-032315-
LOS BANOS - DOS PALOS CA-MERCED - MADERA - MENDOTA CA-
WEST SIDE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF 198 CA-
245 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL MERCED COUNTY
THROUGH 315 PM PST...
AT 245 PM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES WEST OF LOS BANOS, OR 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLLISTER, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
HILMAR-IRWIN AND GUSTINE.
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 3735 12097 3743 12083 3726 12071 3706 12117
3713 12123
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 238DEG 27KT 3714 12110
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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