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WWUS86 KLOX 161709
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
909 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026
CAZ038-345-348-350>353-161800-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS CA-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTHEASTERN COAST CA-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INTERIOR MOUNTAINS CA-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY CA-
SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAINS WESTERN RANGE CA-
SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAINS EASTERN RANGE CA-CUYAMA VALLEY CA-
909 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL SANTA BARBARA AND
SOUTHEASTERN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 AM PST...
AT 908 AM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES EAST OF SANTA MARIA TO ISLA VISTA.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. BRIEF WEAK TORNADO POSSIBLE.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANTA BARBARA...
MONTECITO...
SUMMERLAND...
GOLETA...
FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN...
HIGHWAY 154 OVER SAN MARCOS PASS...
HOPE RANCH...
MISSION CANYON...
SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT...
LAKE CACHUMA...
AND HIGHWAY 166 BETWEEN TWITCHELL DAM AND THE CUYAMA VALLEY.
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 3505 11990 3442 11958 3442 11968 3440 11970
3440 11973 3442 11978 3442 11983 3503 12018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 208DEG 24KT 3502 12009 3443 11984
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
LEWIS/BLACK/COHEN
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