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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
738 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
CAZ306-311-312-121515-
VISALIA - PORTERVILLE - REEDLEY CA-CARUTHERS - SAN JOAQUIN -
SELMA CA-HANFORD - CORCORAN - LEMOORE CA-
738 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KINGS
WEST
CENTRAL TULARE AND CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTIES THROUGH 815 AM PDT...
AT 738 AM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TRAVER, OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF VISALIA, MOVING NORTHWEST 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...
KINGSBURG, LONDON, AND TRAVER.
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 3645 11932 3638 11944 3647 11965 3657 11952
TIME...MOT...LOC 1438Z 129DEG 6KT 3643 11945
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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