THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
700 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 SPREADING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION
ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IMAGERY IS ALREADY SHOWING HEAVY
PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN OREGON.  THIS HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TODAY
AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON. 
THERE EXISTS THE 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.  A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE WEST CENTRAL AND BOISE MOUNTAINS IN IDAHO.  WIND
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA...THE
CASCADES...WESTERN OREGON AND NORTHERN NEVADA.

...SELECTED 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 6AM
PST MONDAY...

OREGON...

ELK VALLEY.............1.40
SEXTON SUMMIT..........0.91

CALIFORNIA...

VENADO.................4.44
HONEYDEW...............3.72
YORKVILLE..............3.00
BUCKS LAKE.............2.68
BEN LOMOND.............2.44
MT SHASTA..............2.07
HUYSINK................2.00
SANTA ROSA.............1.98
THREE PEAKS............1.75
BLUE CANYON............1.60
SAN FRANCISCO..........0.65
SACRAMENTO.............0.60
YOSEMITE...............0.54
OAKLAND................0.46


THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1PM PST MONDAY.. 

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Last Updated: 943 AM EST MON FEB 27 2006