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Avalanche Warning
CAZ082-201900-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
AVALANCHE WARNING
USDA FOREST SERVICE MOUNT SHASTA AVALANCHE CENTER
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
159 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2010
...AVALANCHE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH NOON PST THURSDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5500 FEET...
THE USDA FOREST SERVICE MOUNT SHASTA AVALANCHE CENTER HAS ISSUED AN
AVALANCHE WARNING FOR THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THE MOUNTAINS SURROUNDING MOUNT SHASTA CITY HAD RECEIVED THREE TO
FOUR FEET OF NEW SNOW SINCE SUNDAY AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING. SINCE
THEN AN ADDITIONAL 10 TO 20 INCHES HAS LIKELY FALLEN BASED ON WATER
AMOUNTS RECORDED IN MOUNT SHASTA CITY. AN ADDITIONAL 20 TO 40
INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED THROUGH
MIDDAY THURSDAY.
THIS VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG WINDS ABOVE TREE
LINE ARE ADDING TO THE AVALANCHE DANGER BY FURTHER LOADING SLOPES.
WEAK LAYERS EXIST IN THE SNOWPACK AND...COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW
FALL AND WIND LOADING...THE AVALANCHE DANGER HAS BECOME HIGH.
NATURAL AND HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES WILL BE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH
AT LEAST MIDDAY THURSDAY IN THE BACKCOUNTRY ABOVE 5500 FEET.
WHILE THE AVALANCHE DANGER WILL LIKELY SLOWLY DIMINISH WITH
PRECIPITATION RATES AND WINDS SUBSTANTIALLY DIMINISHING THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...THE SNOW PACK WILL REMAIN SENSITIVE AND EXTREME
CAUTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADVISED.
STAY OFF OF AND OUT FROM UNDERNEATH SLOPES STEEPER THAN 30 DEGREES.
PEOPLE WITHOUT EXTENSIVE BACK COUNTRY AVALANCHE SKILLS ARE ADVISED
TO STAY OUT OF THE BACKCOUNTRY...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5500 FEET.
THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE SKI AREAS AND HIGHWAYS WHERE
AVALANCHE MITIGATION IS NORMALLY DONE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 530 926 9613 OR VISIT
WWW.SHASTAAVALANCHE.ORG.
THIS AVALANCHE WARNING EXPIRES AT NOON PST THURSDAY...JANUARY
21ST...2010.
CAZ082-201900-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
AVALANCHE WARNING
USDA FOREST SERVICE MOUNT SHASTA AVALANCHE CENTER
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
159 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2010
...AVALANCHE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH NOON PST THURSDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5500 FEET...
THE USDA FOREST SERVICE MOUNT SHASTA AVALANCHE CENTER HAS ISSUED AN
AVALANCHE WARNING FOR THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THE MOUNTAINS SURROUNDING MOUNT SHASTA CITY HAD RECEIVED THREE TO
FOUR FEET OF NEW SNOW SINCE SUNDAY AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING. SINCE
THEN AN ADDITIONAL 10 TO 20 INCHES HAS LIKELY FALLEN BASED ON WATER
AMOUNTS RECORDED IN MOUNT SHASTA CITY. AN ADDITIONAL 20 TO 40
INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED THROUGH
MIDDAY THURSDAY.
THIS VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG WINDS ABOVE TREE
LINE ARE ADDING TO THE AVALANCHE DANGER BY FURTHER LOADING SLOPES.
WEAK LAYERS EXIST IN THE SNOWPACK AND...COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW
FALL AND WIND LOADING...THE AVALANCHE DANGER HAS BECOME HIGH.
NATURAL AND HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES WILL BE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH
AT LEAST MIDDAY THURSDAY IN THE BACKCOUNTRY ABOVE 5500 FEET.
WHILE THE AVALANCHE DANGER WILL LIKELY SLOWLY DIMINISH WITH
PRECIPITATION RATES AND WINDS SUBSTANTIALLY DIMINISHING THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...THE SNOW PACK WILL REMAIN SENSITIVE AND EXTREME
CAUTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADVISED.
STAY OFF OF AND OUT FROM UNDERNEATH SLOPES STEEPER THAN 30 DEGREES.
PEOPLE WITHOUT EXTENSIVE BACK COUNTRY AVALANCHE SKILLS ARE ADVISED
TO STAY OUT OF THE BACKCOUNTRY...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5500 FEET.
THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE SKI AREAS AND HIGHWAYS WHERE
AVALANCHE MITIGATION IS NORMALLY DONE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 530 926 9613 OR VISIT
WWW.SHASTAAVALANCHE.ORG.
THIS AVALANCHE WARNING EXPIRES AT NOON PST THURSDAY...JANUARY
21ST...2010.
