378  
WWUS86 KSTO 121940  
SPSSTO  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA  
1240 PM PDT FRI APR 12 2024  
 
CAZ016-066-068-122015-  
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY CA-  
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY CA-WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK CA-  
1240 PM PDT FRI APR 12 2024  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PLUMAS
 
EASTERN  
TEHAMA...NORTH CENTRAL BUTTE AND SOUTHEASTERN SHASTA COUNTIES THROUGH  
115 PM PDT...  
 
AT 1240 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES WEST OF BUTTE MEADOWS, OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF  
MINERAL, MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MINERAL, SHINGLETOWN, MILL CREEK, DE SABLA POWERHOUSE, MANTON, FOREST  
RANCH, LOVELOCK, BUTTE MEADOWS, LYONSVILLE, LASSEN NATIONAL PARK, AND  
MAGALIA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3983 12158 3981 12175 4047 12190 4051 12141  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 172DEG 19KT 4008 12171  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH  
 

 
 
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