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WWUS56 KLOX 161641
SVSLOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
841 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026
CAC083-161730-
/O.CON.KLOX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260216T1730Z/
SANTA BARBARA CA-
841 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM PST
FOR NORTHWESTERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY...
AT 840 AM PST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SANTA MARIA TO NEAR REFUGIO STATE BEACH, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
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 1640Z 240DEG 31KT 3497 12048 3439 12010
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
LEWIS/COHEN/BLACK
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