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WWUS86 KMTR 171902
SPSMTR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
1202 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2025
CAZ512-513-528>530-171930-
SANTA CLARA VALLEY INCLUDING SAN JOSE CA-SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS CA-
NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/HOLLISTER VALLEY AND CARMEL VALLEY CA-
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST CA-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY
CA-
1202 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ
NORTHWESTERN MONTEREY...SOUTHERN SANTA CLARA AND NORTHWESTERN SAN
BENITO COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM PDT...
AT 1202 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER WATSONVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...LANDSPOUTS POSSIBLE, WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH, AND PEA SIZE
HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS
COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATSONVILLE, GILROY, PRUNEDALE, INTERLAKEN, CASTROVILLE, MOSS
LANDING, FREEDOM, AMESTI, SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, AROMAS, LAS LOMAS,
ELKHORN, PAJARO AND APTOS HILLS-LARKIN VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE QUANTITIES OF ACCUMULATING
HAIL. THIS MAY RESULT IN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION IF DRIVING.
LAT...LON 3683 12175 3682 12178 3681 12179 3688 12180
3686 12180 3685 12181 3693 12186 3699 12158
3682 12152 3683 12159 3680 12156 3675 12158
3673 12181 3675 12181 3683 12174 3686 12176
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 251DEG 27KT 3689 12180
LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
RGASS
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