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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Sacramento, CA

August 11, 2014Plumas County, California

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2014, 6:43 PM PDT for Plumas 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

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The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2014, 6:43 PM PDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2014, 7:16 PM PDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Sacramento, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Plumas County, CA

The radar

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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.

NWS Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 11, 4:24 PM PDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 4:24 PM PDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:02 PM PDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
202 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014

CAZ013-014-066-068-112145-
BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY CA-NORTHEAST
FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY CA-SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA
COUNTY CA-WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK CA-
202 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL SHASTA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

UNTIL 245 PM PDT

AT 200 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF HILLCREST..MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20
MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   HILLCREST... MONTGOMERY CREEK AND  ROUND MOUNTAIN...
   BIG BEND...

LAT...LON 4104 12196 4096 12156 4082 12158 4077 12167
      4076 12202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 114DEG 20KT 4087 12179

SHOEMAKER

Local storm report, Aug 11, 2:03 PM PDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
203 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0202 PM     HAIL             1 SSE BURNEY            40.87N 121.66W
08/11/2014  M0.25 INCH       SHASTA             CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN
            BURNEY.

&&

NWS SACRAMENTO CA
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Aug 11, 2:07 PM PDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 11, 2:08 PM PDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 11, 2:53 PM PDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 11, 3:21 PM PDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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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.