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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
450 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
CAZ323-121215-
YOSEMITE NP OUTSIDE OF THE VALLEY CA-
450 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MARIPOSA AND
SOUTHWESTERN TUOLUMNE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 AM PDT...
AT 450 AM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL, OR 23 MILES NORTH OF YOSEMITE
SOUTH ENTRANCE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 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...
WHITE WOLF CAMPGROUND, HETCH HETCHY, HETCH HETCHY RANGER STATION, GIN
FLAT, AND RANCHERIA FALLS WILDERNESS CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 3794 11951 3775 11975 3781 11986 3785 11982
3790 11983 3805 11974
TIME...MOT...LOC 1150Z 209DEG 6KT 3783 11978
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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