564  
WWUS86 KLOX 161715  
SPSLOX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA  
915 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026  
 
CAZ038-344-345-350-352>354-356-377-161745-  
VENTURA COUNTY BEACHES CA-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS CA-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTHEASTERN COAST CA-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INTERIOR MOUNTAINS CA-LAKE CASITAS CA-  
SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAINS EASTERN RANGE CA-  
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS CA-  
NORTHERN VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS CA-CUYAMA VALLEY CA-  
915 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN SANTA  
BARBARA AND SOUTHEASTERN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH 945 AM  
PST...  
 
AT 914 AM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES EAST OF SANTA MARIA TO NEAR ISLA  
VISTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. BRIEF, WEAK TORNADO CANNOT BE  
RULED OUT.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MONTECITO...  
CARPINTERIA...  
CUYAMA...  
SUMMERLAND...  
OLD MAN MOUNTAIN...  
BIG PINE MOUNTAIN...  
VENTUCOPA...  
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 3507 11948 3490 11947 3490 11944 3437 11945  
3442 11960 3505 11992  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 258DEG 39KT 3506 12004 3447 11980  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 
 
 
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