California Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 06/18/2026 20:04

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 8:04PM PDT until June 18 at 8:30PM PDT by NWS Sacramento CA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
June 18, 2026 - 8:04pm
Expires: 
June 18, 2026 - 8:30pm
Description: 
SVRSTO The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Placer County in central California... Eastern Nevada County in northern California... * Until 830 PM PDT. * At 804 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of Alpine Meadows, moving north at 15 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Donner Peak and Sugarbowl Ski Resort.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description: 
Nevada, CA; Placer, CA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Sacramento CA