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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
305 PM PDT FRI APR 10 2026
CAZ302-303-317-102245-
MERCED - MADERA - MENDOTA CA-MARIPOSA MADERA FOOTHILLS CA-PLANADA -
LE GRAND - SNELLING CA-
305 PM PDT FRI APR 10 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL MARIPOSA
SOUTHWESTERN MADERA AND EAST CENTRAL MERCED COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM
PDT...
AT 305 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARKSDALE, OR NEAR MADERA, MOVING NORTH 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...
MADERA, CHOWCHILLA, BONADELLE RANCHOS-MADERA RANCHOS, MADERA ACRES,
PARKWOOD, PARKSDALE, AND LE GRAND.
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.
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 3695 11981 3689 12016 3721 12026 3728 11990
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 167DEG 18KT 3699 12002
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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