{"id":279356,"date":"2026-04-21T23:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/279356\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:47:23","slug":"strong-thunderstorm-threatens-fresno-area-communities-with-wind-gusts-hail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/279356\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Thunderstorm Threatens Fresno-Area Communities With Wind Gusts, Hail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A strong thunderstorm is moving through south central Madera and central Fresno counties Tuesday afternoon, bringing the potential for wind gusts up to 40 mph and half-inch hail, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p>The agency issued a special weather statement at 3:54 p.m. PT, saying Doppler radar was tracking the storm near Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, about 10 miles north of Clovis. The storm was moving northeast at about 10 mph and was expected to impact the area through 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects, while minor hail damage to vegetation was possible.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Locations in the storm\u2019s path included Clovis, Yosemite Lakes, Friant, and Millerton Lake.<\/p>\n<p>The Weather Service advised those outdoors to seek shelter inside a building if possible and to monitor local radio and television stations for updates and possible additional warnings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A strong thunderstorm is moving through south central Madera and central Fresno counties Tuesday afternoon, bringing the potential&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-279356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}