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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
656 PM PST TUE FEB 17 2026
CAZ305-309>311-180330-
WEST SIDE OF FRESNO AND KINGS COUNTIES CA-BUTTONWILLOW - LOST HILLS -
I5 CA-DELANO-WASCO-SHAFTER CA-HANFORD - CORCORAN - LEMOORE CA-
656 PM PST TUE FEB 17 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KINGS AND WEST
CENTRAL TULARE COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM PST...
AT 656 PM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16
MILES EAST OF AVENAL, OR 28 MILES SOUTH OF HANFORD, MOVING EAST AT 45
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...
CORCORAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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.
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 3587 11987 3603 11986 3619 11951 3592 11944
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 250DEG 39KT 3595 11984
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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