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WWUS86 KLOX 161953
SPSLOX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
1153 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026
CAZ341>345-347>349-351-353-162045-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN COAST CA-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INLAND CENTRAL COAST CA-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS CA-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INTERIOR MOUNTAINS CA-SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS CA-
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY CA-SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAINS WESTERN RANGE CA-
SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY CA-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INLAND CENTRAL COAST CA-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS CA-
1153 AM PST MON FEB 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SANTA BARBARA AND
CENTRAL SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 PM PST...
AT 1152 AM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATASCADERO TO 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 101 THROUGH GAVIOTA STATE PARK. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. A WEAK BRIEF TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANTA MARIA...
SAN LUIS OBISPO...
PASO ROBLES...
SANTA YNEZ...
ATASCADERO...
ARROYO GRANDE...
NIPOMO...
SOLVANG...
LOS ALAMOS...
REFUGIO STATE BEACH...
EL CAPITAN STATE BEACH...
ORCUTT...
HIGHWAY 101 THROUGH GAVIOTA STATE PARK...
BUELLTON...
SISQUOC...
SANTA MARGARITA...
TEMPLETON...
HIGHWAY 101 OVER CUESTA GRADE...
AND LAKE LOPEZ.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3444 11994 3444 11996 3446 12001 3446 12002
3447 12004 3446 12010 3447 12013 3447 12021
3570 12088 3575 12053
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 241DEG 21KT 3556 12082 3458 12034
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SCHOENFELD/COHEN/LEWIS/BLACK
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