STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
100 AM PST MON FEB 27 2006

...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOWS EXPECTED FOR LARGE
PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...

A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS
LARGE PORTIONS OF CALIFIORNIA MONDAY AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY.  IN
THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SIERRA NEVADA AND THE SHASTA-SISKIYOU
RANGES OF CALIFORNIA...HEAVY SNOWS ARE LIKELY.  NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR IMAGERY IS ALREADY SHOWING HEAVY PRECIPITATION
FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.  THIS
HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN TO
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TODAY AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON.  ANOMALOUS MOISTURE VALUES WILL BE
TRANSPORTED INLAND BY STRONG ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS MOST OF
CALIFORNIA TODAY.  THIS WILL SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD
HEAVY PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF 3-5"...WITH SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW
LIKELY THROUGH THE SIERRA NEVADA AND SHASTA-SISKIYOU RANGES.  

FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS LARGE
PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND A SMALL PORTION OF WESTERN NEVADA NEAR
RENO.  WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
THE HIGHER TERRAIN REGIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA AND THE
SHASTA-SISKIYOU RANGES OF CALIFORNIA.  HIGH WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
AND WESTERN NEVADA

...SELECTED 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 12AM
PST MONDAY...

CALIFORNIA...

HONEYDEW...............2.88
VERNADO................2.40
CLEAR CREEK............1.92
YORKVILLE..............1.68
RUTH LAKE..............1.40
MT SHASTA..............1.35
SANTA ROSA.............1.10
BLUE CANYON............1.03
CRESCENT CITY..........0.50
YOSEMITE...............0.34
OAKLAND................0.30
SACRAMENTO.............0.24
MONTEREY...............0.14
BRIDGEPORT.............0.12
FRESNO.................0.03



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