Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley CA
606 AM PDT Tue Sep 2 2025

CAZ300>311-317-318-021330-
Fresno-Clovis CA-West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties CA-
Los Banos - Dos Palos CA-Mariposa Madera Foothills CA-Planada -
Le Grand - Snelling CA-West Side Mountains north of 198 CA-
Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma CA-Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5 CA-
Merced - Madera - Mendota CA-Delano-Wasco-Shafter CA-Coalinga -
Avenal CA-Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra CA-Hanford - Corcoran -
Lemoore CA-West Side Mountains South of 198 CA-
606 AM PDT Tue Sep 2 2025

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT
SOUTHWESTERN MARIPOSA... SOUTHWESTERN TUOLUMNE...SOUTHWESTERN
MADERA...NORTHWESTERN KERN... KINGS...MERCED...SOUTHWESTERN TULARE
AND SOUTHWESTERN FRESNO COUNTIES THROUGH 630 AM PDT...

At 603 AM PDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar was tracking a
line of thunderstorms with frequent lightning along a line extending
from 9 miles west of Raisin City to 14 miles west of Cantua Creek.
Movement was north at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Frequent cloud-
         to-ground lightning with little rainfall.

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...
Fresno, Merced, Madera, Atwater, Los Banos, Lemoore, Chowchilla,
Avenal, Kerman, Coalinga, Livingston, Mendota, Firebaugh, Delhi,
Lanare, Madera Acres, Hilmar-Irwin, South Dos Palos, Parkwood, and
Parksdale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3734 12097 3740 12098 3763 12039 3769 12039
      3765 12031 3772 12035 3776 12024 3577 11954
      3561 12009 3562 12019 3588 12025 3603 12052
      3631 12065 3633 12060 3648 12060 3665 12081
      3725 12108
TIME...MOT...LOC 1303Z 167DEG 35KT 3658 12009 3645 12056

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

NWS LOX Lund/Hall