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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
612 PM PDT THU APR 9 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MADERA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
WESTERN FRESNO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM PDT.
* AT 612 PM PDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
SOUTH DOS PALOS, OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF MERCED, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF FIREBAUGH.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WESTERN MADERA AND WESTERN FRESNO COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY, IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3689 12049 3691 12052 3701 12048 3698 12039
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 205DEG 12KT 3700 12052
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
KM
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