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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
1048 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026
CAZ087-161945-
CATALINA AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS CA-
1048 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
THROUGH 1145 AM PST...
AT 1047 AM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WEST OF
CATALINA ISLAND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS WATERS. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS
AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CATALINA ISLAND...AVALON...AND TWO HARBORS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 3332 11837 3332 11846 3342 11849 3343 11856
3348 11860 3347 11853 3344 11850 3341 11837
3339 11837 3331 11830
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 292DEG 48KT 3358 11855 3325 11858
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SCHOENFELD/COHEN
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