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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
127 PM PST THU FEB 19 2026
CAZ312-319-320-322-330-331-192200-
SOUTH END OF THE LOWER SIERRA CA-VISALIA - PORTERVILLE - REEDLEY CA-
FRESNO-TULARE FOOTHILLS CA-SEQUOIA NP CA-
SOUTH END OF THE UPPER SIERRA CA-FRESNO-TULARE LOWER SIERRA CA-
127 PM PST THU FEB 19 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL TULARE COUNTY THROUGH
200 PM PST...
AT 127 PM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
THREE RIVERS, OR 22 MILES NORTH OF PORTERVILLE, MOVING EAST 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...
THREE RIVERS, HOCKETT MEADOW RANGER STATION, LEMON COVE, SOUTH FORK
CAMPGROUND, LINDCOVE, OAK OPENING, WOLVERTON POINT, CASE MOUNTAIN,
AND FAREWELL GAP.
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 3631 11914 3651 11892 3642 11857 3616 11870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 291DEG 16KT 3638 11890
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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