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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Sacramento, CA

June 2, 2009Tehama County, California

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2009, 8:08 PM PDT for Tehama County, California. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2009, 8:08 PM PDT (03:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2009, 8:45 PM PDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Sacramento, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Tehama County, CA

The radar

The Beale AFB radar (KBBX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:35 PM PDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:43 PM PDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:52 PM PDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:58 PM PDT, 1 hour 10 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
Jun 2, 5:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Shasta	55 min
Jun 2, 5:50 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Shasta	40 min
Jun 2, 6:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Shasta	62 min
Jun 2, 6:52 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Shasta	38 min
Jun 2, 8:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Tehama	61 min
Jun 3, 3:55 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Tehama	50 min
Jun 3, 11:36 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Shasta	39 min
Jun 3, 1:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO		48 min
Jun 3, 2:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Lake	60 min
Jun 3, 3:24 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Lake	51 min
Jun 3, 4:16 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Lake	59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

Sources

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