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WWUS46 KSTO 201134
WSWSTO
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
334 AM PST WED NOV 20 2024
CAZ013-014-063-068-069-210045-
/O.CON.KSTO.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-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 BLUE CANYON, CHESTER, BURNEY, QUINCY,
SHASTA DAM, AND ALDER SPRINGS
334 AM PST WED NOV 20 2024
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 10 TO 20 INCHES ABOVE
4500 FEET, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 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 55 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
INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80,
AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.
* 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 COMMUTES THIS
EVENING. GUSTY WINDS COULD
BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW LEVELS 3500 TO 4500 FEET, INCREASING TO
5000 TO 6000 FEET OVER THE SIERRA AND 4000 TO 5000 FEET OVER
SHASTA COUNTY.
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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