THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 06 FOR POWERFUL WEST COAST STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
100 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2014
...STRONG STORM IMPACTING THE WEST COAST CONTINUES TO BRING HEAVY
RAIN...WIND...AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE REGION...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA...PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEVADA...AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
OREGON...WASHINGTON...IDAHO...AND MONTANA.
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON.
WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN UTAH AND NORTHWEST
ARIZONA.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 1200 PM PST...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WITH A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN
CENTRAL ALBERTA. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE LOW ACROSS THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...AND DOWN INTO THE
PACIFIC OCEAN. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVERSPREADING
THE MAJORITY OF CALIFORNIA. FARTHER NORTH IN WASHINGTON AND
OREGON...SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS BEING
REPORTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATES. IN
THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND OREGON...LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOWFALL WAS BEING REPORTED. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN AND
SNOW...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WHERE BEING REPORTED IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 900 AM PST WED DEC
10 THROUGH 1200 PM PST FRI DEC 12...
...CALIFORNIA...
WHISKEYTOWN 1 SSW 14.48
LAKESHORE SHASTA CO 11.24
HAWKEYE 11.22
BOGGS MOUNTAIN RAWS 10.24
PESCADERO 9.70
GIRARD 9.64
MT. SAINT HELENA 9.06
BOULDER CREEK 9 WNW 8.89
SHASTA DAM 8.88
WHISPERING PINES 8.76
MINERAL 8.47
BIG SUR RAWS 8.31
STIRLING CITY 8.27
YORKVILLE 7.52
DE SABLA 7.46
STORRIE 7.02
PARADISE 6.73
TROUGH SPRING 6.71
SAN FRANCISCO 2 SSW 4.28
MONTERY NWS 3.54
SAN FRANCISCO DOWNTOWN 3.46
SAN JOSE ARPT 3.39
SACRAMENTO 2 SE 3.33
OAKLAND ARPT 3.22
...OREGON...
GOLD BEACH 2.78
SELMA 5 NNE 2.53
OBRIEN 2 SSW 2.14
MERLIN 2 W 2.11
LEES CAMP 1.90
FLORENCE 2 NW 1.45
HASKINS DAM 1.20
DALLAS 1.11
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 900 AM PST WED DEC
10 THROUGH 1200 PM PST FRI DEC 12...
...CALIFORNIA...
LODGEPOLE 9 N 19.8
SODA SPRINGS 3 ENE 19.0
CARSON PASS 16.0
BLUE CANYON 14.8
DEVILS POSTPILE 7 NNW 14.0
KINGVALE 13.0
KIRKWOOD MEADOWS 1 SE 13.0
LAKE WISHON 4 ENE 10.5
MANZANIA LAKE 1 WNW 10.0
KINGVALE 1 W 9.0
BASS LAKE 11 E 5.8
TWAIN 6 S 4.0
FLORENCE LAKE 7 WNW 3.0
OAKHURST 8 N 2.5
YOSEMITE VALLEY 1 NNE 0.7
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...CALIFORNIA...
SODA SPRINGS 4 SE 135
WHITE MOUNTAIN PEAK NE 113
INCLINE VILLAGE 6 NE 112
MAMMOTH LAKES 3 W 111
ALPINE MEADOWS 1 SW 109
GRAPEVINE 3 SSE 105
SIERRAVILLE 5 SSE 74
KEENE 7 SW 71
MT. DIABLO 68
WOODACRE 63
GASQUET 12 SE 62
WEITCHPEC 11 WSW 60
PETROLIA 4 S 58
CRESCENT CITY 1 ESE 53
KNEELAND 50
...NEVADA...
BENTON 4 E 139
BLUE EAGLE RANCH 11 SSE 96
GARDNERVILLE 5 WSW 93
GALENA E 82
GREAT BASIN NATION 3 WNW 78
CARSON CITY 3 ENE 76
RENO 4 SE 70
SPANISH SPRINGS AIR 3 W 66
VERDI 4 E 63
EUREKA AIRPORT 60
...OREGON...
RUCH 12 S 117
SQUAW PEAK 117
CAYUSE 1 WNW 95
MILTON-FREEWATER 11 ENE 91
MT HEBO 90
MT. HEBO 90
PORT ORFORD 5 SE 90
TILLAMOOK 15 ESE 90
SEA LION CAVES 89
MARYS PEAK 88
BROOKINGS 1 SE 81
NEWPORT SOUTH JETTY 79
KOOSKOOSKIE 3 WSW 78
SPRAGUE RIVER 12 NNW 76
PENDLETON 10 SE 75
SUTHERLIN 7 ESE 75
YACHAT NNW 75
ASHLAND 1 ENE 74
PORTLAND ARPT 67
...WASHINGTON...
NASELLE 77
DIXIE 64
WALLA WALLA 63
CAMANO 2 SSE 61
WAITSBURG 61
FREELAND 2 SSE 59
PORT TOWNSEND 1 SE 59
MCCHORD AFB 58
BANKS 56
VANCOUVER LAKE 2 NNE 55
THE SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN CANADA THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING... WHILE THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
EASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY THIS
EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...SOME
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER 1
TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG FAVORABLE SLOPES OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEST COAST AND INTERMOUNTAIN REGIONS.
SNOW WILL FALL IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF CALIFORNIA...WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRAS BY SATURDAY. IN
NEVADA...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 700 PM PST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
FANNING
Last Updated: 259 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2014