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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
538 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
CAZ311-312-121315-
VISALIA - PORTERVILLE - REEDLEY CA-HANFORD - CORCORAN - LEMOORE CA-
538 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KINGS AND WESTERN
TULARE COUNTIES THROUGH 615 AM PDT...
AT 538 AM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TULARE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
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...
TULARE.
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.
LAT...LON 3614 11932 3614 11941 3627 11949 3629 11935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1238Z 174DEG 3KT 3618 11939
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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