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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
405 PM PDT FRI APR 10 2026
CAZ303-317-318-323-324-102345-
YOSEMITE VALLEY CA-YOSEMITE NP OUTSIDE OF THE VALLEY CA-MARIPOSA-
MADERA LOWER SIERRA CA-MARIPOSA MADERA FOOTHILLS CA-PLANADA -
LE GRAND - SNELLING CA-
405 PM PDT FRI APR 10 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MARIPOSA AND NORTHEASTERN
MERCED COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM PDT...
AT 404 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL TO 10 MILES
EAST OF MERCED. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 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...
BOOTJACK, MARIPOSA, PLANADA, CATHEYS VALLEY, WAWONA, WAWONA VISTOR
CENTER, EL PORTAL, JERSEYDALE, WAWONA CAMPGROUND, AND LE GRAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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 3758 11957 3719 12022 3741 12041 3775 11981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 222DEG 22KT 3761 11964 3727 12030
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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