STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
100 AM PST TUE FEB 28 2006

...HEAVY RAINFALL...MOUNTAIN SNOWS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
FOR MUCH OF CALIFORNIA TONIGHT INTO THE DAY...

AT MIDNIGHT...AN INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED NEAR 44.5N 121.7W WHICH IS ABOUT
150 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MEDFORD OREGON. THIS HEAVY
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT BEGIN TO
TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY AS THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO
PUSH INLAND. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED 8 INCHES
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA...AND THERE EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 10 INCHES. SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW ARE LIKELY
ACROSS THE SIERRA NEVADA AND SHASTA-SISKIYOU MOUNTAIN RANGES. AS
THE AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TRACKS NORTH NORTHEAST DURING THE
DAY...AND THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES FARTHER INLAND...THE
FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD INTO THE
GREAT BASIN WHERE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED.

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND FLOOD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND A PORTION OF WESTERN
NEVADA NEAR RENO. WINTER STORM  WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SIERRA NEVADA...THE SHASTA-SISKIYOU
RANGES OF CALIFORNIA...AND THE TETONS IN NORTHEAST IDAHO. A HEAVY
SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS IN IDAHO. 
SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE CASCADES FROM
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...OREGON...AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON.  HIGH WIND
WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
CALIFORNIA...THE CASCADES...AND NORTHERN NEVADA.

...SELECTED 36 HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 11PM
PST MONDAY...

OREGON...

ELK VALLEY.............2.12
WEED...................1.32

CALIFORNIA...

BUCKS LAKE.............8.16
LA PORTE...............7.41
DE SABLA...............7.16
VENADO.................7.04
HILLCREST..............6.80
THREE PEAKS............6.47
HONEYDEW...............6.36
BRUSH CREEK............6.36
HUYSINK................6.28
GOLD LAKE..............6.12
YORKVILLE..............5.64
SHASTA DAM.............5.16
BEN LOMOND.............4.40
BLUE CANYON............4.20
SANTA ROSA.............2.74
SAN FRANCISCO..........1.44
SACRAMENTO.............1.12
OAKLAND................0.98

...SELECTED WIND GUSTS...

CALIFORNIA...

LOS GATOS..............81 MPH
NEAR FREMONT...........73 MPH
CHILAO.................69 MPH
DALY CITY..............63 MPH
OAKLAND................59 MPH


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