016  
WUUS56 KSTO 210119  
SVRSTO  
CAC007-063-210215-  
/O.NEW.KSTO.SV.W.0006.240221T0119Z-240221T0215Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA  
519 PM PST TUE FEB 20 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHWESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...  
CENTRAL BUTTE COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...  
 
* UNTIL 615 PM PST.  
 
* AT 518 PM PST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THERMALITO,  
OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF OROVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
CHICO, PARADISE, OROVILLE, PULGA, THERMALITO, DE SABLA POWERHOUSE,  
FOREST RANCH, MAGALIA, DURHAM, CONCOW, AND OROVILLE EAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING. A RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.  
 
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING  
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS  
ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,  
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3947 12159 3958 12181 3993 12173 3979 12123  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 214DEG 15KT 3959 12164  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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