A series of strong thunderstorms brought heavy rain and strong winds to the central Sierra Nevada foothills.
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The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
A series of strong thunderstorms brought heavy rain and strong winds to the central Sierra Nevada foothills.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 5, 2:12 PM PST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 312 PM PDT TUE JUL 5 2011 .SHORT TERM DISCUSSION... TODAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THIS MINI HEAT SPELL. A WEAK CIRCULATING AT 850 MB CONTINUES TO SHOW UP IN THE MODELS OFF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. WHILE THE DELTA BREEZE IS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY THE STRATUS SHOULD INCREASE OVER THE BAY AREA TONIGHT AS A RESULT OF THAT CIRCULATION. THE CONCERN FOR LATER TODAY AND OVERNIGHT WILL BE WITH THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPED EARLIER NEAR THE CREST OVER THE HIGH SIERRA HAVE DISSIPATED INTO A BAND OF RAIN FROM . EASTERLY FLOW WILL LIKELY SPREAD THE CONVECTION INTO THE LOWER MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS AND BY THIS EVENING AND THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO THE MOTHERLODE AND POSSIBLE THE FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WILL BE FROM AROUND I-80 AND TO THE SOUTH. THE ACTIVITY MAY SPREAD INTO PLUMAS COUNTY LATER TONIGHT AND THEN WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE NORTHERN COASTAL RANGE. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS COULD CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ONCE A A DECENT AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER DEVELOPS IT WILL LIKELY INHIBIT ANY STRONGER STORM DEVELOPMENT. THE AREA OF MOST CONCERN FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE FROM AROUND I-80 SOUTH INTO ALPINE COUNTY. PRECIPITABLE WATERS BY THIS EVENING FROM AROUND SACRAMENTO SOUTHWARD WILL BE AROUND AN INCH SO EXPECT A WARM STICKY EVENING. THE ABOVE CIRCULATION OFF HE COAST MAY INCREASE THE FLOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DELTA SO THAT TEMPERATURES DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS COULD COOL OFF A LITTLE BETTER TONIGHT THAN THIS MORNING. BETWEEN THE COOLER START AND POTENTIAL CLOUD COVER ON WEDNESDAY TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW 100 DEGREES FOR MANY VALLEY AREAS WITH THE NORTHERN OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY PROBABLY STILL TOPPING 100 DEGREES FOR ONE MORE DAY. BY THURSDAY A THROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND BRING SYNOPTIC COOLING AND BETTER DELTA BREEZES. THE ACTIVITY IS PUSHES TO THE EAST BUT OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL RANGE THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS NEAR THE YOLLA BOLLY EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .EXTENDED DISCUSSION (SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) COOLER AND MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH STRENGTHENS OFF THE WEST COAST. THERE IS SOME MODEST SYNOPTIC FORCING WHICH PASSES OVER SATURDAY...BUT MOST OF THE MOISTURE STAYS NORTH OF OUR AREA. MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH AMPLIFYING THE WAVE EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND POSSIBLY BRINGING IT ONSHORE LATE IN THE PERIOD. FOR NOW...THE MAIN EFFECT WILL BE COOLER ONSHORE AND AN END TO THE MONSOONAL FLOW WHICH HAS AFFECTED THE AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS. -DVC && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OF 10-15 KNOTS CONFINED TO THE DELTA REGION. SCATTERED SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SIERRA AND DRIFT WESTWARD TO THE FOOTHILLS...MAINLY SOUTH OF LAKE TAHOE. -DVC && .STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 446 AM PDT TUE JUL 5 2011 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-060000- 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 COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 446 AM PDT TUE JUL 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH FRIDAY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO KJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 151 PM PDT TUE JUL 5 2011 CAZ067-069-060000- MOTHERLODE-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 151 PM PDT TUE JUL 5 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN THE SIERRA NEVADA... AT 1:30 PM THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST STARTING TO DEVELOP OVER ALPINE AND TUOLUMNE COUNTIES NEAR THE CREST. SOME OF THESE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. STORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE CREST WILL BE MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST AND NORTHWEST INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND POSSIBLY THE CENTRAL VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF OUTDOORS AND THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES PEOPLE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR BY GOING TO THE NEAREST SHORELINE. STAYED TUNED FOR UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THE DEVELOPING WEATHER. BARUFFALDI
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A series of thunderstorms brought strong wind and heavy rainfall.
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