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Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Sacramento, CA

December 14, 2008

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 14, 2008, 11:01 AM PST. It took effect at Dec 14, 2008, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 36 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
Dec 14, 2008, 11:01 AM PST (19:01 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2008, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 16, 2008, 4:00 AM PST
In force
36 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 Dec 14, 9:30 AM PST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 9:30 AM PST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 7:00 AM PST, 4 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
700 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008

CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-151500-
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 DEC 14 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BE SOUTH OF A SECOND COLD WEATHER
SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHWARD FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND TODAY.

* WINTER STORM WATCH.........SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A SECOND COLD WEATHER SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY IS
EXPECTED TO BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND LOWER
FOOTHILLS...AND RAIN SHOWERS TO THE INTERIOR VALLEY. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
THROUGH MONDAY. BRISK WEST WINDS WITH LOCAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS AND NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY LATE
TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY.

THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON TUESDAY...SO COLD
AND UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. DRIER BUT COLD
WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE REST OF THE
WEEK.

* WINTER STORM WATCH.........SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS *

.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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 14, 11:01 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySTO41 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in California, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008

Sources

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