Wednesday, September 24, 2014

[californiadisasters] Flash Flood Warnings - Happy Camp Burn Area (9/24/14-PM) 



FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...    WEST CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...    THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAPPY CAMP AND SEIAD VALLEY    DOWN HILL FROM THE HAPPY CAMP COMPLEX BURN AREAS...    * UNTIL 1100 PM PDT    * AT 900 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED    VERY HEAVY RAIN RATES OF A HALF AN INCH TO 1 INCH IN THE LAST HOURS    OVER THE WARNED AREA.    * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CURLEY JACK    CAMPGROUND...SEIAD VALLEY AND ALSO DOWNSTREAM OF SIGNIFICANTLY    BURNED DRAINAGES. HIGHWAY 96 AND SCOTT RIVER ROAD ARE PARTICULARLY    VULNERABLE TO FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  GRIDER CREEK...KLAMATH RIVER...INDIAN CREEK...EAST FORK ELK CREEK...  BEAR CREEK...UPPER ELK CREEK...SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK...CHINA CREEK...  CURLEY JACK CREEK...TOMPKINS CREEK...SCOTT RIVER...ELK CREEK...KELSEY  CREEK...CADE CREEK...SOUTH FORK CHINA CREEK...DARKEY CREEK...HICKS  GULCH...MITCHELL CREEK AND MALONE CREEK.    ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF ARE  POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.    BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE  UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS  SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.    MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO  AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY  DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL  ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED  ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.    &&    LAT...LON 4178 12340 4182 12336 4182 12333 4182 12328        4185 12318 4179 12306 4167 12311 4165 12320        4166 12326 4167 12335    $$    BTL
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  CAC093-250645-  /O.NEW.KMFR.FF.W.0003.140925T0358Z-140925T0645Z/  /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/    BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  FLASH FLOOD WARNING  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  858 PM PDT WED SEP 24 2014    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A    * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...    NORTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...    THIS INCLUDES THE TOWN OF KLAMATH RIVER AND OTHER    COMMUNITIES IMMEDIATELY DOWNHILL FROM THE BEAVER CREEK    BURN AREA...    * UNTIL 1145 PM PDT    * AT 845 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED    VERY HEAVY RAIN RATER OF A HALF IN TO ONE INCH IN THE PAST HOUR    OVER THE WARNED AREA.    * VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THIS AREA THROUGH    1145 PM PDT.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  EMPIRE CREEK...DOGGETT CREEK...KLAMATH RIVER...VESA CREEK...WEST FORK  BEAVER CREEK...HORSE CREEK...BEAVER CREEK...CHINA GULCH AND DUTCH  CREEK.    ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN  THE WARNED AREA.    ROADS AND HOMES LOCATED ON AND BELOW SIGNIFICANTLY BURNED SLOPES AND  AT AND VERY NEAR THE MOUTHS OF CANYONS BELOW THE BEAVER CREEK  WILDFIRE AREA WILL BE AT RISK OF RAPIDLY MOVING LANDSLIDES. AFFECTED  ROADS COULD BECOME BLOCKED. FALLING TREES AND ROCKS WILL ALSO  PRESENT A HAZARD.    BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE  UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS  SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.    MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO  AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY  DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL  ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED  ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.    FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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.    TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY  YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN  MEDFORD.
NWS MEDFORD


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Posted by: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>


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