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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
1104 PM PST TUE FEB 17 2026
CAZ310>312-315-319-321-322-330-331-180730-
SOUTH END OF THE LOWER SIERRA CA-SOUTHEAST SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-
SOUTH END SIERRA FOOTHILLS CA-VISALIA - PORTERVILLE - REEDLEY CA-
DELANO-WASCO-SHAFTER CA-FRESNO-TULARE FOOTHILLS CA-SEQUOIA NP CA-
SOUTH END OF THE UPPER SIERRA CA-HANFORD - CORCORAN - LEMOORE CA-
1104 PM PST TUE FEB 17 2026
...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN TULARE COUNTY THROUGH 1130
PM PST...
AT 1103 PM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING GUSTY SHOWERS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR EXETER TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EARLIMART.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 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...
TULARE, PORTERVILLE, LINDSAY, EXETER, TERRA BELLA, DUCOR,
POPLAR-COTTON CENTER, EAST PORTERVILLE, WOODVILLE, STRATHMORE, THREE
RIVERS, TIPTON, PIXLEY, SOUTH FORK CAMPGROUND, LINDCOVE, HOCKETT
MEADOW RANGER STATION, LEMON COVE, AND SPRINGVILLE.
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.
THESE STORMS 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 3638 11857 3583 11906 3596 11949 3639 11910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 280DEG 23KT 3632 11908 3601 11936
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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