883  
WWUS86 KHNX 121413  
SPSHNX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
713 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
CAZ311-312-121445-  
VISALIA - PORTERVILLE - REEDLEY CA-HANFORD - CORCORAN - LEMOORE CA-  
713 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KINGS  
WEST  
CENTRAL TULARE AND CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTIES THROUGH 745 AM PDT...  
 
AT 713 AM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
TRAVER, OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF VISALIA, MOVING NORTH 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...  
VISALIA, LONDON, TRAVER, 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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3634 11933 3631 11940 3647 11963 3654 11943  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 159DEG 6KT 3639 11943  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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