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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
601 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
CAZ311-312-121330-
VISALIA - PORTERVILLE - REEDLEY CA-HANFORD - CORCORAN - LEMOORE CA-
601 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KINGS AND WEST
CENTRAL TULARE COUNTIES THROUGH 630 AM PDT...
AT 601 AM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
TULARE, MOVING NORTH AT 10 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...
VISALIA, TULARE, AND GOSHEN.
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 3618 11935 3618 11941 3637 11950 3639 11933
TIME...MOT...LOC 1301Z 173DEG 7KT 3622 11939
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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