Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Sacramento, CA

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Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
749 PM PST Fri Nov 22 2024

CAC007-011-021-089-103-230800-
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Butte CA-Colusa CA-Glenn CA-Shasta CA-Tehama CA-
749 PM PST Fri Nov 22 2024

...FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.

* WHERE...A portion of northern California, including the following
  counties, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Shasta and Tehama.

* WHEN...Until midnight PST tonight.

* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
  Water over roadways. Overflowing poor drainage areas. Rises along
  small streams and mainstem rivers.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 746 PM PST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges have
    indicated heavy rain over the last 2 days. Minor flooding is
    already occurring in the advisory area. Between 4 and 11
    inches of rain have fallen, locally higher amounts in Shasta
    County.
  - While the heaviest rainfall has occurred in this advisory
    area, runoff will continue to work its way through waterways
    and cause flood-related impacts.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Redding, Red Bluff, Corning, Orland, Willows, Elk Creek, Palo
    Cedro, Alder Springs, Yolla Bolly District Rs, Shasta Dam,
    Shingletown, Glenn, Shasta Lake, Anderson, Tehama, Rancho
    Tehama Reserve, Blossom, Flournoy, Henleyville and Paskenta.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4042 12300 4057 12270 4069 12275 4076 12269
      4079 12193 4042 12192 4021 12206 3979 12204
      3971 12195 3955 12200 3952 12186 3939 12188
      3937 12274 3958 12274 3959 12289 3984 12296
      3994 12291 4015 12299 4023 12298 4033 12307


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