[EDIS] flood statement - NORTHWESTERN TEHAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA

[EDIS] flood statement - URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERN TEHAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM PDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERN TEHAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA AT 640 PM PDT... WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL FROM AREAS AROUND HIGHWAY 36 WEST OF ROSEWOOD...NORTH THROUGH ONO...TO WHISKEYTOWN AND FRENCH GULCH. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. MORE SPECIFICALLY...HIGH FLOWS INTO DRY CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK...AND JERUSALEM CREEK AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WATERSHEDS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE DEBRIS FLOWS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OVER ROADWAYS. USE CAUTION... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT... WHEN IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA

Affected Counties or parts of: Yuba, Plumas, Yolo, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Sierra, Alpine, Shasta, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Sacramento, Placer, Solano, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Lake, Tehama, Nevada,

Sent: 2007-07-18T18:45:05-07:00

Original Sender: KSTO@nwws.oes.ca.gov