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Winter Storm Warning 10, NWS Sacramento, CA

March 12, 2006

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 12, 2006, 3:31 PM PST. It took effect at Mar 13, 2006, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 25 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2006, 3:31 PM PST (23:31 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2006, 12:00 PM PST
Expired: Mar 14, 2006, 1:20 PM PST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Sacramento, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 12, 10:00 AM PST, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 10:00 AM PST, 5 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 7:00 AM PST, 8 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
700 AM PST SUN MAR 12 2006

CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-131500-
SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES-
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-MOTHERLODE-
EAST FOOTHILLS/NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
700 AM PST SUN MAR 12 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY IN THE COASTAL AND
SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS. AN UNUSUALLY COLD AIRMASS OVER THE REGION
WILL PRODUCE LOW SNOW LEVELS...AS LOW AS 600 FEET...REACHING THE
INTERIOR VALLEY FLOOR EARLY THIS MORNING. NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES
ARE LIKELY AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY WHERE
THERE ARE FEW CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS.

* SNOW ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
(LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 12, 11:55 AM PST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Sacramento, CA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 3:31 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	STO		56 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in California, 2006 Every winter storm warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.