Areas throughout the northern Sacramento Valley, including Butte, Shasta, Tehama and Glenn counties, are now under a "flood warning" issued by the National Weather Service. The following is the Weather Service bulletin issues late Thursday afternoon:
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
COLUSA COUNTY...
NEVADA COUNTY..
SUTTER COUNTY...
NORTHWESTERN YOLO COUNTY..
YUBA COUNTY...
BUTTE COUNTY...
GLENN COUNTY...
LAKE COUNTY...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL LASSEN COUNTY...
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY...
SHASTA COUNTY...
WESTERN SIERRA COUNTY...
TEHAMA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 315 PM PST FRIDAY
* AT 315 PM PST BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ARE DEVELOPING
OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT
AND INTO FRIDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL FALL OVER
THE NEXT 3 HOURS ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TOTAL AMOUNTS FROM
2 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE VALLEY AND 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS
WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FOR THE WARNED AREA.
* RAPID RISES AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN MANY AREA
STREAMS. SOME CREEKS THAT ARE LIKELY TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
INCLUDE COW CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK...BATTLE CREEK...CLEAR
CREEK...DRY CREEK...BUTTE CREEK.
* MOUNTAIN RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING ABOVE THE RESERVOIRS WILL
OCCUR ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD MUD AND ROCK SLIDES.
* DEBRIS FLOWS WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY NEAR RECENT BURN SCARS
IN SHASTA...TEHAMA...COLUSA...AND PLUMAS COUNTIES.
* WEIR OVERFLOW THROUGH BYPASSES WILL OCCUR AS THE SACRAMENTO RIVER
SYSTEM IN THE VALLEY WILL RISE.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...T
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER
TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
