763  
WWUS86 KLOX 180444  
SPSLOX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA  
844 PM PST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
CAZ038-341-344>349-351-353-180600-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST BEACHES CA-  
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 YNEZ VALLEY CA-  
SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAINS WESTERN RANGE CA-  
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INLAND CENTRAL COAST CA-  
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS CA-CUYAMA VALLEY CA-  
844 PM PST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SANTA BARBARA AND  
SOUTHEASTERN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM PST...  
 
AT 843 PM PST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES EAST OF SANTA MARIA TO 27 MILES WEST  
OF POINT CONCEPTION. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH. BRIEF WEAK TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SANTA MARIA...  
LOMPOC...  
POINT CONCEPTION...  
SANTA YNEZ...  
SOLVANG...  
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE...  
ORCUTT...  
CUYAMA...  
LOS ALAMOS...  
HIGHWAY 101 THROUGH GAVIOTA STATE PARK...  
BUELLTON...  
SISQUOC...  
FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN...  
HIGHWAY 166 BETWEEN TWITCHELL DAM AND THE CUYAMA VALLEY...  
VANDENBERG VILLAGE...  
LAKE CACHUMA...  
AND MISSION HILLS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3469 12061 3469 12059 3474 12063 3521 12005  
3497 11953 3446 12011 3447 12013 3447 12031  
3444 12045 3445 12048 3453 12052 3456 12058  
3455 12062 3457 12064  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 260DEG 44KT 3505 12003 3436 12094  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 
 
 
SCHOENFELD/COHEN  
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