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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
728 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026
CAZ346>349-351-161615-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST BEACHES CA-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN COAST CA-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY CA-
SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAINS WESTERN RANGE CA-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INLAND CENTRAL COAST CA-
728 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
THROUGH 815 AM PST...
AT 727 AM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOMPOC TO NEAR SOLVANG. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH
AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. A BRIEF, WEAK TORNADO POSSIBLE.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOMPOC...
SANTA YNEZ...
POINT CONCEPTION...
SOLVANG...
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE...
REFUGIO STATE BEACH...
HIGHWAY 101 THROUGH GAVIOTA STATE PARK...
LOS ALAMOS...
BUELLTON...
VANDENBERG VILLAGE...
AND MISSION HILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3469 12061 3469 12059 3473 12061 3473 12009
3446 12005 3447 12013 3447 12031 3444 12045
3445 12048 3447 12048 3453 12052 3456 12058
3455 12062 3457 12064
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 158DEG 42KT 3459 12053 3460 12020
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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