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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
330 PM PDT MON SEP 21 2026
CAZ318-323-326-212300-
MARIPOSA-MADERA LOWER SIERRA CA-YOSEMITE NP OUTSIDE OF THE VALLEY CA-
UPPER SAN JOAQUIN RIVER CA-
330 PM PDT MON SEP 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MARIPOSA AND
NORTHEASTERN MADERA COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM PDT...
AT 329 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
YOSEMITE SOUTH ENTRANCE, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 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...
YOSEMITE SOUTH ENTRANCE, CHILKOOT MEADOW, FISH CAMP, POISON RIDGE,
BUCK CAMP RANGER STATION, AND MARIPOSA GROVE.
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 3736 11950 3749 11967 3760 11946 3753 11936
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 047DEG 12KT 3745 11956
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CMOLINA
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