Severe thunderstorm warning: Plumas, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama Counties

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Severe thunderstorm warning: Plumas, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama Counties

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...
SOUTHEAST CENTRAL SHASTA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...
NORTHEASTERN TEHAMA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINERAL... *

UNTIL 145 PM PDT * AT 1248 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANZANITA LAKE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF MINERAL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MANZANITA LAKE AND 7 MILES EAST OF VIOLA BY 115 PM PDT...

Instruction:
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA

Affected Counties or parts of: Shasta, Plumas, Lassen, Tehama

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - NWS SACRAMENTO CA	Actual/Immediate/Severe/Observed
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
Alert sent at 12:53 PDT on 2009-05-30

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... ANTELOPE VALLEY... AND CUYAMA VALLEY	Actual/Future/Unknown/Possible
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST-LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY-
Alert sent at 12:52 PDT on 2009-05-30

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER LASSEN COUNTY	Actual/Future/Unknown/Possible
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-
Alert sent at 12:28 PDT on 2009-05-30

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Saturday, May 30, 2009