032  
WUUS56 KHNX 100124  
SVRHNX  
CAC039-047-100230-  
/O.NEW.KHNX.SV.W.0004.260410T0124Z-260410T0230Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
624 PM PDT THU APR 9 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
WEST CENTRAL MADERA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...  
EASTERN MERCED COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...  
 
* UNTIL 730 PM PDT.  
 
* AT 623 PM PDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST  
OF CHOWCHILLA, OR 16 MILES WEST OF MADERA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...PUBLIC HAS A REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
CHOWCHILLA.  
 
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.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3693 12036 3699 12048 3717 12036 3711 12011  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 207DEG 11KT 3701 12038  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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