Sacramento, CA…The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory that will remain in effect until 12:30pm this afternoon. For areas below 3,000ft in Stanislaus, Yolo, Solano, Tuomumne, Nevada, Colusa, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Sutter, El Dorado, Placer, Yuba, Amador, Calaveras, Shasta, Glenn, Tehama and Butte Counties.

Flood Advisory

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1216 AM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011

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1216 AM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY…
THE NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY…
THE DELTA REGION…
THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS BELOW 3000 FEET…

* UNTIL 1215 PM PDT

* AT 1200 AM PDT DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING A BAND OF HEAVY
PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO THE SACRAMENTO AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY. THIS RAIN BAND HAS ALREADY CAUSED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING IN THE BAY AREA. RAIN RATES OF OVER HALF AN INCH AN HOUR
WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THESE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WITH SOILS
ALREADY SATURATED AND SMALL CREEKS AT ELEVATED LEVELS…THESE
AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD MINOR FLOODING.

AS THE BAND OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION MOVES EAST INTO THE SIERRA
FOOTHILLS…ROCK OR MUD SLIDES WILL LIKELY OCCUR.

*SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS…
HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

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LAT…LON 3818 12156 3813 12195 3973 12244 4045 12255
4062 12222 3913 12092 3813 12041 3785 12012
3728 12136

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