Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Placer and Nevada Counties, CA
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NOAA issued it on July 23, 2026, 4 weeks ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
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NWS Sacramento has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for northeastern Placer County and eastern Nevada County until 8:30 PM PDT on June 18.
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- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- Northern and Central California
- Issued
- July 23, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Sacramento CA
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 4 weeks ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Northern and Central California.
Alert Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued by NWS Sacramento CA. Effective from 2026-06-18T20:04:00-07:00 until 2026-06-18T20:30:00-07:00. Alert type code: SVW.
Affected Areas
Northeastern Placer County in central California and eastern Nevada County in northern California. Locations impacted include Donner Peak and Sugarbowl Ski Resort.
What You Should Do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Move indoors immediately. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm.
Expected Conditions
At 8:04 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of Alpine Meadows, moving north at 15 mph. Hazard includes quarter size hail (1.00 inch). Radar indicated. Max wind gust up to 50 MPH. Damage to vehicles is expected.
Timeline
The warning is in effect until 8:30 PM PDT on June 18, 2026.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
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