Areal Flood Watch in effect from Wednesday, 10:00 PM PST until Friday, 10:00 PM PST. Source: U.S. National Weather Service ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...ALPINE ...AMADOR ...BUTTE ...CALAVERAS ... COLUSA ...EL DORADO ...GLENN ...LAKE ...LASSEN ...NEVADA ... PLACER ...PLUMAS ...SACRAMENTO ...SAN JOAQUIN ...SHASTA ... SIERRA ...SOLANO ...STANISLAUS ...SUTTER ...TEHAMA ...TUOLUMNE ... YOLO AND YUBA. KING ...AMERICAN AND RIM BURN SCARS. * FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS FORECASTED ARE 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEY AND DELTA. 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FT ON FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER RECENT BURN SCARS COULD CAUSE DEBRIS FLOWS AND FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND POSSIBLY FLOODING ...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS ...HIGHWAYS ...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. ADDITIONALLY ...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS ...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. THE SEVERELY BURNED AREAS ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN ...THESE INCLUDE THE SOUTH AND MIDDLE FORKS OF THE AMERICAN RIVER AND THE RUBICON RIVER BASINS. THESE AREAS HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERE TREE AND VEGETATION LOSS AND HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. THOSE TRAVELING IN THE VICINITY OF BURN SCARS ...ESPECIALLY THE KING ...AMERICAN AND RIM ...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. High Wind Watch in effect from Wednesday, 6:00 PM PST until Thursday, 6:00 PM PST. Source: U.S. National Weather Service ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ... * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REDDING ...BURNEY ...GRASS VALLEY ...JACKSON ...LAKEPORT ...ALDER SPRINGS ...PARADISE. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 18:58:54 +0000
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