599  
WUUS56 KLOX 161606  
SVRLOX  
CAC083-161730-  
/O.NEW.KLOX.SV.W.0003.260216T1606Z-260216T1730Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA  
806 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
WESTERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...  
 
* UNTIL 930 AM PST.  
 
* AT 805 AM PST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF ORCUTT TO NEAR POINT CONCEPTION,  
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. A BRIEF WEAK  
TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SANTA MARIA...  
LOMPOC...  
SANTA YNEZ...  
SOLVANG...  
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE...  
EL CAPITAN STATE BEACH...  
ORCUTT...  
LOS ALAMOS...  
REFUGIO STATE BEACH...  
HIGHWAY 101 THROUGH GAVIOTA STATE PARK...  
ISLA VISTA...  
GOLETA...  
GUADALUPE...  
BUELLTON...  
SISQUOC...  
SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT...  
VANDENBERG VILLAGE...  
LAKE CACHUMA...  
AND MISSION HILLS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3496 12065 3499 12044 3490 12031 3494 12029  
3500 12033 3502 12033 3503 12018 3442 11983  
3441 11988 3446 12002 3447 12029 3444 12045  
3453 12052 3458 12065 3469 12060 3476 12064  
3486 12061 3490 12067  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1605Z 304DEG 33KT 3487 12059 3441 12047  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
LEWIS/BLACK/COHEN  
 
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