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WWUS46 KSTO 191056
WSWSTO
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
256 AM PST TUE NOV 19 2024
CAZ013-014-063-068-069-200000-
/O.CON.KSTO.WS.W.0017.241120T0000Z-241121T0600Z/
SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN
SHASTA COUNTY-MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO WESTERN
COLUSA COUNTY-WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-WEST SLOPE
NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BURNEY, QUINCY, CHESTER, SHASTA DAM, BLUE
CANYON, AND ALDER SPRINGS
256 AM PST TUE NOV 19 2024
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3000 TO 3500 FEET...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 10 TO 20 INCHES ABOVE
4500 FEET, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 3 FEET
OVER THE HIGHEST PEAKS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES
DOWN TO AROUND 3500 FEET, AND DOWN TO 3000 FEET IN SHASTA COUNTY.
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.
* WHERE...BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY, MOUNTAINS
SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO WESTERN COLUSA COUNTY, SHASTA LAKE
AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY, WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA,
AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. SLICK
TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED, WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND CHAIN
CONTROLS LIKELY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS MAY IMPACT THE TUESDAY
EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS COULD
BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW LEVELS 3000 TO 4000 FEET THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING, RISING TO 4000 TO 5500 FEET BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FROM CALTRANS ONLINE AT
QUICKMAP.DOT.CA.GOV OR DIAL 5 1 1.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/STO/
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