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WFUS56 KHNX 212137
TORHNX
CAC019-039-212200-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
237 PM PDT TUE APR 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MADERA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
NORTHWESTERN FRESNO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 300 PM PDT.
* AT 237 PM PDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BIOLA, OR 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF FRESNO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FRESNO AND BONADELLE RANCHOS-MADERA RANCHOS AROUND 240 PM PDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FRIANT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN
A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO, AS A LAST RESORT, EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT, OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3679 11992 3684 12004 3708 11990 3696 11967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 218DEG 12KT 3684 11993
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
SM
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