000 FPUS76 KSTO 292319 NOWSTO SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 419 PM PDT FRI MAY 29 2009 CAZ013-014-068-300030- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- 419 PM PDT FRI MAY 29 2009 .NOW... LOOK FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY...THE BURNEY BASIN...WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY AND THE LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK. THROUGH 530 PM...THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH FROM AROUND QUINCY AND TWAIN...TO CRESCENT MILLS AND GREENVILLE. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. IN ADDITION...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED. NEARBY AREAS AROUND LAKE ALMANOR MAY ALSO SEE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MORE NORTHERN AREAS FROM NEAR MINERAL AND MANZANITA LAKE...NORTH TOWARD OLD STATION AND FALL RIVER MILLS. $$ KS