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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
739 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
CAZ318-323-326-121515-
MARIPOSA-MADERA LOWER SIERRA CA-YOSEMITE NP OUTSIDE OF THE VALLEY CA-
UPPER SAN JOAQUIN RIVER CA-
739 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MADERA COUNTY
THROUGH 815 AM PDT...
AT 739 AM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES EAST OF YOSEMITE SOUTH ENTRANCE. 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...
CHILKOOT MEADOW AND BUCK CAMP RANGER STATION.
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 3740 11950 3749 11958 3767 11940 3755 11931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 237DEG 3KT 3750 11944
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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