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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
740 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
CAZ311-312-121515-
VISALIA - PORTERVILLE - REEDLEY CA-HANFORD - CORCORAN - LEMOORE CA-
740 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL TULARE COUNTY
THROUGH 815 AM PDT...
AT 740 AM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WOODVILLE, OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF TULARE, 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...
TULARE AND TIPTON.
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 3602 11931 3604 11938 3624 11937 3619 11917
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 201DEG 5KT 3608 11933
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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