108  
WWUS86 KLOX 161922  
SPSLOX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA  
1122 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026  
 
CAZ340>343-346>349-351-162015-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST BEACHES CA-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN COAST CA-  
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INLAND CENTRAL COAST CA-  
SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS CA-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY CA-  
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY BEACHES CA-  
SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAINS WESTERN RANGE CA-SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY CA-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INLAND CENTRAL COAST CA-  
1122 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SANTA BARBARA AND  
WESTERN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM PST...  
 
AT 1119 AM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM  
MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL COAST. STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL. A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO  
IS POSSIBLE.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SANTA MARIA...  
SAN LUIS OBISPO...  
LOMPOC...  
MORRO BAY...  
PISMO BEACH...  
ATASCADERO...  
ARROYO GRANDE...  
NIPOMO...  
CAMBRIA...  
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE...  
ORCUTT...  
HIGHWAY 101 THROUGH GAVIOTA STATE PARK...  
GROVER BEACH...  
GUADALUPE...  
OCEANO...  
AVILA BEACH...  
DIABLO CANYON...  
CAYUCOS...  
BAYWOOD-LOS OSOS...  
AND HEARST CASTLE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3570 12085 3447 12019 3444 12045 3453 12052  
3456 12064 3469 12059 3475 12063 3486 12061  
3490 12067 3512 12063 3522 12088 3527 12090  
3534 12087 3532 12086 3534 12083 3543 12088  
3546 12100 3564 12117 3567 12128 3580 12135  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 240DEG 49KT 3567 12088  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 
 
 
GOMBERG  
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