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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Sacramento, CA

September 2, 20254 counties in California

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2025, 3:33 PM PDT for 4 counties in California. It was in force for 27 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: Sep 2, 2025, 3:33 PM PDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2025, 4:00 PM PDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Sacramento, CA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Nevada County, CA, Placer County, CA, Sierra County, CA, Yuba County, CA

The radar

The Beale AFB radar (KBBX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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.

NWS Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 2, 1:54 PM PDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 1:54 PM PDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 2, 2:25 PM PDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 2, 3:18 PM PDT, 15 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
Sep 2, 2:25 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	El Dorado	35 min
Sep 2, 2:48 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	El Dorado, Placer	27 min
Sep 2, 3:18 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	STO	Nevada	27 min
Sep 2, 4:22 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Butte, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Yuba	23 min

Nearby

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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.