529  
WWUS86 KLOX 180345  
SPSLOX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA  
745 PM PST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
CAZ038-340>342-344>348-353-180445-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST BEACHES 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-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY BEACHES CA-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INLAND CENTRAL COAST CA-  
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS CA-CUYAMA VALLEY CA-  
745 PM PST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SANTA BARBARA AND  
SOUTHEASTERN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM PST...  
 
AT 744 PM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF NIPOMO TO 45 MILES WEST  
OF VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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 MARIA...  
NIPOMO...  
ORCUTT...  
GUADALUPE...  
SISQUOC...  
AND HIGHWAY 166 BETWEEN TWITCHELL DAM AND THE CUYAMA VALLEY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3506 11979 3472 12041 3496 12041 3497 12050  
3495 12063 3507 12062 3532 12025  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 297DEG 36KT 3517 12030 3454 12128  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
SCHOENFELD/COHEN  
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