Special Weather Statement
NWS Hanford CA ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern Mariposa And Northeastern Madera Counties Through 400 PM PDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 329 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Yosemite South Entrance, moving southwest at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Yosemite South Entrance, Chilkoot Meadow, Fish Camp, Poison Ridge, Buck Camp Ranger Station, and Mariposa Grove.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra
- Yosemite NP outside of the valley
- Upper San Joaquin River
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Hanford CA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~27s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M331F2X6WPWE4R5B849K6BTA
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c0e7a0dfe219fbdd74660f3e67eb002ff7e8d038.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Hanford CA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPHNX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7962
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSHNX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS86 KHNX 212230 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MARIPOSA AND NORTHEASTERN MADERA COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM PDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T22:29:00-00:00...storm...047DEG...12KT...37.45,-119.56 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra
- Yosemite NP outside of the valley
- Upper San Joaquin River
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 006039 |
| SAME | 006043 |
| SAME | 006109 |
| SAME | 006019 |
| UGC | CAZ318 |
| UGC | CAZ323 |
| UGC | CAZ326 |
- Polygons
- 37.36,-119.5 37.49,-119.67 37.6,-119.46 37.53,-119.36 37.36,-119.5