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Special Weather Statement, NWS Sacramento, CA
NWS Sacramento, CA issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2011, 2:27 PM PDT for Colusa County, California. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2011, 2:27 PM PDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2011, 3:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sacramento, CA
County Colusa County, CA
The radar
The Beale AFB radar (KBBX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 21, 9:11 AM PDT, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 9:11 AM PDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 5:45 AM PDT, 8 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 545 AM PDT MON MAR 21 2011 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-221400- 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- 545 AM PDT MON MAR 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER SERIES OF STRONG WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATER IN THE WEEK BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * 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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 2:27 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 227 PM PDT MON MAR 21 2011 CAZ016-212200- COLUSA CA- 227 PM PDT MON MAR 21 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTH CENTRAL COLUSA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA UNTIL 300 PM PDT AT 224 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MAXWELL..MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 5 AROUND DELEVAN AND MAXWELL AT AROUND 235 PM PDT. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GIVEN THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THE STORM...HAIL MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DELEVAN... MAXWELL... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING NEAR THIS DANGEROUS STORM. LAT...LON 3939 12207 3917 12212 3926 12235 3936 12236 TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 277DEG 8KT 3931 12224 DANG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sacramento, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | STO | Colusa, Glenn | 61 min |
| Mar 21, 3:04 PM PDT | Flood Watch | STO | 65 hr | |
| Mar 21, 3:05 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | STO | Colusa, Glenn | 40 min |
| Mar 21, 3:48 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | STO | Colusa, Glenn | 27 min |
| Mar 21, 3:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | STO | Calaveras | 38 min |
| Mar 21, 4:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | STO | Butte | 45 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in California, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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.