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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Sacramento, CA

May 17, 2020

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this winter storm warning at May 17, 2020, 3:40 AM PDT. It took effect at May 18, 2020, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 26 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
May 17, 2020, 3:40 AM PDT (10:40 UTC)
In effect from
May 18, 2020, 12:00 AM PDT
Expired
May 19, 2020, 1:57 AM PDT
In force
26 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 May 16, 2:26 PM PDT, 13 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 2:26 PM PDT, 13 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 12:09 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSTOShasta51 min
May 17, 1:29 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchSTO32 hr
May 17, 1:42 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSTOShasta48 min
May 17, 4:56 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementSTOAmador, El Dorado64 min

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in California, 2020Every winter storm warning in 2020

Sources

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