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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
343 PM PDT TUE APR 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MADERA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
EASTERN MERCED COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
WESTERN FRESNO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 415 PM PDT.
* AT 342 PM PDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FIREBAUGH, OR
16 MILES WEST OF MADERA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADERA, CHOWCHILLA, FIREBAUGH, AND MADERA ACRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3678 12039 3690 12051 3720 12037 3700 12005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 217DEG 22KT 3690 12037
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
EW
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